The danger with playing a part that defines you is that it swallows up everything else.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.
When I'm playing a part, I can feel all my body playing it; it's like really making love.
When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.
The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape.
The danger of that - and there's a grave danger that I, myself, have to be very aware of - is that you become so involved and intrigued in the language that sometimes you lose track that that is only a means to an aesthetic experience that the listener has to get.
The danger in playing a piece over and over again lies in getting stuck in a rut where you don't ask questions anymore and you always play it the same way.
I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe.
Danger is part of my job. It's always there, but you can't think about it too much otherwise you start to be too slow.
It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.
If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.