I think all parts come with baggage unless it is a brand new play. If one was daunted by that, you would never do anything.
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If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.
After you play a part, you think of it as your own.
We all have baggage. The question is: What baggage can you deal with?
I think you get the parts that people are comfortable with seeing you play.
I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play.
It sounds maybe a little old fashioned, but the parts I want to play and I do play, you don't want to inject too much of your own personality. What you sacrifice then is a slight mystery.
Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.
Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.
That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.
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