I have been on my own all my life except during those touring days.
They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.
The relationship with a live audience seems to me to count for more.
To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.
In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.
I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.