There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.
There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.
I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.
It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.
I enjoy being an actor in my own movies.
Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.
It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.
A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any authority about it because of not having done it properly. For me, movies are what I love.
Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much.
I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.