I never lost my appetite for acting.
I never lost my appetite for acting.
I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.
My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own.
I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.
Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience.
Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.
The big secret in acting is listening to people.
I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll.
Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.
When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.
The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes.
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