Zitat des Tages von Powers Boothe:
Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me. Some of my choices have been more successful than others.
I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I've also been lucky to always be involved with quality actors, quality directors, quality writers.
When 'Deadwood' came along, it was totally like Shakespeare. The long speeches were like soliloquies. If one phrase of a monologue was out of whack, the entire one-page speech didn't work.
Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.'
The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.
It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job.
Some stars can make five or six failures in a row and continue to work - with a raise. I can't figure how that works. Maybe foreign sales or a smart agent.
I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I do.
Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say, 'What difference does it make?' I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.
I got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it also to prove your manhood. They all couldn't conceive of why I'd want to stop to do 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'
When I first came to Hollywood, I played about as many guys who save the day and get the girl as I played heavies. It's just that heavies are more interesting and last in people's minds.
I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to figure out how they would react to situations, what they eat, think, and feel.
When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man.
I like to think of myself as fairly intellectual.
