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I am 74 now. Looking back, I have a sense of not really being in control of my career. I just went where it took me.
Being seen means that your being is held by the other person without comment, without praise or blame or indifference - just with some kind of open care.
It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it.
The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
I admire writers such as Elmore Leonard who can nail a character in three or four lines of dialogue, so he doesn't need pages of back story or clumsy exposition.
I look back on the influence my dad had on my life and career, and I just try to take the best parts of what he had.
It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and who he is and what he's about.
The city's contradictions and frailties drive me to the church. The church, in turn, binds my wounds and soothes my troubled heart, and sends me right back out into the city again.
I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made.