When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it.
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What's exciting about theatre is observing human behaviour. You're constantly making judgments about body language, the physical, the emotional, the intellectual.
The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.
To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.
The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition - that something can slide away from your original intentions.
Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people.
Theater represents to me this phenomenon in juxtaposition to real life, where there are all these imposed guidelines.
Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed.
Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.
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