Zitat des Tages von Lindsay Duncan:
You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.
A certain amount of anger doesn't make us less empathetic, less humane, less loving. It just makes us real.
I want to have the career that is my choice - what interests me, what doesn't. I feel more and more strongly about that.
I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?
I desperately wanted to play the part of Darth Vader's mother - I think she ended up being played by a Scandinavian actress - because my son was completely crazy about 'Star Wars.'
I've always been a material-based actor. That's what I've done, the choices I've made - like a heat-seeking missile.
I do feel almost violent when I'm watching things that I don't think are good enough. I get furious for the audience. I want to say to them, 'This play is not supposed to be like this. They've got it completely wrong. You should be electrified by this.'
I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts.
My mother was always deeply attracted to anything medical, and I think she would have loved me to have been a doctor. My father was in the army for 21 years, came out just before I was born. There was no history of showbusiness on either side of the family, but they were completely supportive.
The excitement of stepping onto a stage - there's nothing quite like it.