You have to transmit to them what it's like being in the theater. And it has to come from somewhere inside you and not by being like what somebody did last year.
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It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.
To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.
Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You're all constantly on your toes. And then with film and television, you can get a second take and things like that.
In theater, you're allowed to take your time and sit in a role for a month before you have to share it with anybody. In film and TV, you have to just kind of show up and be ready to do that, which, to me, is very strange and crazy.
Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.
I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported.
There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know you and own you, and there can be something quite cornering about that.
You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.