My Name Has Opened Doors And Slammed

Auditioning Is A Funny One. It's All About Energy. If You Walk Into A Room And The Room Feels Off Or The People Feel Off, That Can Set You Off. If The Room Is Very Small. I Know Which Casting Directors I Should Go To, Because The Place Is Conducive To Doing A Good Job And The People Are Conducive And I Know The Other Ones Aren't, In Which Case I Send In A Tape.

I Like To Think That At The End Of A Show, You Can Just Take Your Costume Off And Go To The Pub.

There Are Certain Things That Cut Right To The Bone, But As An Actor You Have To Because You Get Turned Down For Things All The Time. I Have A Friend Who Was Told He Didn't Get A Job Because He Was Too Hairy. I've Never Heard Anything That Bad, But You Have To Get Used To That Sort Of Thing.

The Actors I Respect Are The Ones Who See It As A Career And Manage To Live Reasonably Normal Lives, Like Meryl Streep And Philip Seymour Hoffman.

For An Actor Who Has The Ability To Take A Chance, Which May Make Him Look Like A Fool, But May End In The Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow So To Speak. So You Have To Take Chances To Be A Bit Dangerous And A Bit Silly Every Now And Then And Playful.