Zitat des Tages von Eric Johnson:
As a performer, I'm happy if one person gets to see the work I do, but to have lots of people see it and appreciate it, it feels good.
It doesn't feel good to be a horrible, violent, misogynist person.
You dream about getting to be a part of really solid projects.
One of things that drives me nuts is you rarely get bad guys who are written very well.
Growing up in Canada, none of my family were performers or anything like that, but I was terrible at hockey, so they needed something for me to do on Saturdays for me to get out of the house. I signed up for theater school on Saturdays, and I'd go for four-and-a-half hours every Saturday morning and learn about theater.
Actors are almost conditioned to get their director's approval. 'I just did my song and dance, boss. What did you think?' Actors are infantilized so much.
At the end of the day, you're saying lines and playing pretend. All that varies from show to show is the level of the intensity and the terms of the expectations you place on yourself.
Sometimes it's tough as a supporting character: you are on the sidelines, and you don't get to be there for most of the fun stuff. You are hearing about all the great stuff that is going on, but you never get to be a part of it.
I have played my fair share of bad guys, or at least the nemesis.
I've played horrible people and done horrible things, and there were moments on 'The Knick' where it was super uncomfortable - some of the things I had to do and say.