I was always a self-conscious person.

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

I was always a self-conscious person.

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.

I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.

It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.