If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In the car and in front of the camera I tend to be very calm but behind the scenes I can get fired up and passionate, I just don't see the need to shout my mouth off in public.
There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about.
Put me on telly, and I think I have a relaxation on camera that makes an audience relax, too. It's not a conscious thing. Cameras don't bother me, whereas other people try to perform to them.
If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.
But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.
You have to be aware of who you're talking to in an audience.
When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.
I can see that I give my audience something. I can see it in their eyes, and they say 'Thank you' a lot. You realize you are doing something that means something to people.
So many nights I'm up there on stage and I wish everybody out in the audience could see what I see and feel what I feel.
I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.