It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
I'd like to widen my education. I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.
Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.
The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.
Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.
The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.
Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.
I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.
I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.
The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you get in theater.
Every great film should seem new every time you see it.
I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.
I want people to look at my films and say 'Wow, she's a good actress', and I know I'll have to work hard for that.
I'd done kids' TV in the U.K., but not great kids' TV. So yes, 'Submarine' was the first film and the first good thing that I have done.
The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies.
With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!
One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.
