If People Want To Know Who I

I Have A Photograph At Home Of Fred Astaire From The Knees Down With His Feet Crossed. It's Kind Of Inspiring Because It Reminds Me His Feet Were Bleeding At The End Of Rehearsals. Yet When You Watch Him, All You See Is Freedom. It's A Reminder Of What The Job Is About In General, Not Just Being In Musicals.

I Never Expected To Have Any Kind Of Film Career, To Be Honest. It Was All A Bit Of A Surprise. But I Was In A Big Hit Play On Broadway. America, As Many People Will Say, Says Yes More Often Than We Do. And So I Was Suddenly Surrounded By People Saying Yes. But I Was Aware That Was 'cause Of What I Was In. It Had A Big Impact.

I've Learned, Having Been On A Lot Of Sets, The Good News Is That By Definition You Are Surrounded By Experts. They Get Fired If They're Not - Unlike In The Theatre!

I Was Coming From A Very Cerebral, Dark, Difficult, Layered Play By Christopher Hampton And Doing An Action Movie In Hollywood (die Hard) With Explosions, And I Was Holding A Gun.

With The Best Intentions, The Job Of Acting Can Become A Display Of Accumulated Bad Habits, Trapped Instincts And Blocked Energies. Working With The Alexander Technique Has Given Me Sightings Of Another Way... Mind And Body, Work And Life Together. Real Imaginative Freedom.