The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

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Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit...

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit...

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats...

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats...

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're...

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're...

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them...

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them...

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I...

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I...

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of...

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of...

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their...

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their...

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking,...

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking,...

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

On film you put all your energies into a single glance.

On film you put all your energies into a single glance.