For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I'm actually doing it. There is a point beyond acting, a point where living becomes important. When you're making a movie, you get up in the morning and you put on a cloak you create emotions within yourself, send gastric juices rushing up against the lining of your stomach. It has to be manufactured.
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