Notes on Acting,

Our grandparents fought Nazism. Many of them died but we're here. Do not whine or cringe or quaver. Do not weaken yourself by seeing yourself as a 'victim.' Prepare. Work together. Make art that questions spurious notions and re-discovers the meaning...

What is the guiding quality of your art? Mine seems to be: a tragic sensibility, which fuels both my humor and straight dramatic take on the world. One thing I find missing in the political left and right is a sense of tragedy, which they replace instead...

I like to complain about actor narcissism--my own and of others--but not only is that low hanging fruit--an easy and obvious target--but it also belies the special thing about actors that makes them NOT like (other) people: we've turned our emotional...

‪Like Kathleen Turner and Cherry Jones, I think that everything an actor needs is on the page. Immersion and observation in ‘real’ life are helpful, but story (and appreciation of rhetoric) is for me more crucial. When actors rely too much on emotional...