There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom,' only talent can keep you at the top.
The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.
A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.
I'd get more applause than some because I was just seventeen. If they didn't clap at the end of my act I would limp off stage and boy would they feel guilty. They would all burst into tremendous applause as they saw this poor cripple kid walking off.
Good acting is consistency of performance.
I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling.