But the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me.

I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky.

Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most.

But the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.This was said by gene wilder ... what does it mean ?

I want to be an actor, maybe a comic actor but a real actor.

I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on an act, because in life, I wasn't funny and I felt on stage or in the movies, I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.