Being An Actor On A Movie Set

I Have Been Known For Almost 30 Years To Sort Of Do Whatever Comes My Way. It's Always Been Touch-and-go After Each Job Finishes. I Just Like To Be Working.

It Becomes More And More Popular To Call Actors Who Play Characters "character Actors." But I've Always Been Somebody Who Is Much More Invested In Who I Am Playing Than How They Look.

One Time, Many, Many Years Ago, I Had The Opportunity To Dye My Hair Brunette For A Film. And The Day I Walked Out Of The Hotel Where I Had It Done, I Walked Out Onto The Street And Realized People Looked Me In The Eye And Greeted Me Good Morning. I'd Never Had That Experience Before! And I Began To Notice That A Brunette Is Treated As An Affable Human Being. Later, When I Dyed My Hair For Lois Riley Blonde, And Then Alice Ward Blonde, People Come Right Up To You, They Touch You On The Arm, They Ask You How You're Doing. Men And Women Both! Blondes Have More Fun.

That's Probably The Biggest Secret Of Acting: If The Actor Believes It Themselves, They Can Make You Believe It.

I'm Very, Very Serious About What I Do. I Think There Are A Lot Of People Out There Sort Of Thinking It's Anybody's Game. You Know, "you Pick Up A Camera And You Make A Movie." My Experiences Over The Years Have Taught Me There's A Lot More Than That To Making A Film - There's Also Getting The Film Seen, And All Kinds Of Complex Realities.