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I Have Such Amazing Memories [about The Hotel New Hampshire Movie], Because Tony Richardson Was Such An Amazing Director, And The Subject Matter Was So Bizarre, And Yet It Was The Most Sought-after Part At That Moment. And Then It Had The Good Fortune To Come Out On The Same Day As Splash.

To Achieve Longevity You Will Have Cycles. No One Gets There In One Straight Shot.

I’ve Never Agreed With The Conventional Wisdom That ‘actors Are Great Liars.’ If More People Understood The Acting Process, The Goals Of Good Actors, The Conventional Wisdom Would Be ‘actors Are Terrible Liars,’ Because Only Bad Actors Lie On The Job. The Good Ones Hate Fakery And Avoid Manufactured Emotion At All Costs. Any Script Is Enough Of A Lie Anyway. (what Experience Does Any Actor Have With Flying A Spacecraft? Killing Someone?) What’s Called For, What Actors Are Hired For, Is To Bring Reality To The Arbitrary.

[j.f.kennedy] Is An Iconic Figure. And To Make It Even Worse, He's A Hero Of Mine. And Every Actor Will Tell You That You Can't Play Heroes. And You Can't Play Villains. You Can Only Play Human Beings.

[maggie Smith] Brings New Meaning To The Phrase "doesn't Suffer Fools." She Has Just The Most Amazing, Dry Timing Of Anyone Ever, I Think. I Think Everyone's Always Known About It, But With Her Resurgence On Downton Abbey, A Whole New Generation Has Been Introduced To It, Which Is Just Great.