I've never thought of acting as rocket science - you put on the costume, get your hair cut, and that's it, really.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was never going to be a rocket scientist. But I found the field that I was blessed to be able to do, and I just put my whole effort into that.
Now that I'm on Broadway, it's like NASA engineering with the costumes. I was very grateful for the slightly more high-tech ones in my show, 'Venus in Fur'; our costume designer Anita Yavich is kind of a genius.
It seems that 'rocket scientist' is a job category that's here for the long haul, like 'mortician.' But all this activity masks an important point: rockets are not a terribly efficient way to lift things into space.
I'm pretty tried-and-tested in the world of 'suit acting.'
As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.
I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'
I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
What I do is not rocket science, but I sure do love it.
As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these masks.
I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.
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