To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation.
Harvey KeitelEverything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and I had that need to understand and to know.
Harvey KeitelI was out to have a good time and have some fun. It's a fun script and fun people are in the movie.
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 Keitel