Sometimes you have to get out of your own way as an actor. Young actors tend to over prepare sometimes and over think it. And actually there is nothing wrong with walking on a set with an empty brain and then on action allowing your adrenaline and your trust in yourself to take over.

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist.

I'm hardly disinterested totally in my appearance

Theres a great deal of attention paid and books written about this change of life in a woman, and really very little written about a mans change of life.

It's my job to try to communicate with as little showiness as possible. I was a really showy actor as a young man.

One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

I have a good friend who says, "We're all just dodging bullets." It seems to me the trick to living a good life is to try to move away from the gun you turn on yourself.