For any actor, being part of a Mani Ratnam film is a great experience. I grew up watching his films.
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I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while.
As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.
It is everybody's wish to work with Mani Ratnam.
I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.
One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.
During 'Manchurian Candidate' - that role originated with Laurence Harvey, and I studied everything he did. I would never be able to reproduce that performance, but I got a lot of ideas from watching it.
In the movies, I loved Errol Flynn whether he was playing a soldier or a pirate. I dug pirates. In fact, my first exposure to live performances was when my paternal grandfather took me to a D'Oyly Carte performance of 'The Pirates of Penzance' which impresario Sol Hurok imported from London. I loved every minute of it.
I've grown tremendously as an actor by being there. It is comic writing the likes of which I don't know that I'll ever see again and it's been a great, great experience.
The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.
I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
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