To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation.
Harvey KeitelI mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.
Harvey KeitelMy advice to any actor who's playing, quote, unquote, "extra" to think of it more like Stanislavski did. It's not a small part. You are the lead in the movie, in your own movie.
Harvey KeitelI've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of responsibility to reach out to these people in the theatre who might look to someone like me for some guidance.
Harvey Keitel