Since Age 14, I Know What Actors

How Do You Explain Certain Physical Qualities That Somehow Sell On Screen? You're Born With It... Certain People Are Just More Watchable, And I Was More Watchable, But I Don't Think I Understood Acting Or Drama Very Well When I Was A Kid.

Not Very Many Companies Go Through Hawaii On Their Way To Anywhere. San Francisco Ballet Was The Only Company I Remember, And Bolshoi, Coming Through Hawaii When I Was Younger.

It's A Very Obsessive Profession That You Need To Stay Obsessed To Get Anywhere, And It's Very Easy For Us To Get Obsessed And Then Nothing Else Matters. I Was Reading Somerset Maugham's Novella, Moon And Sixpense, About This Artist Based On Gauguin's Life. It Was So Beautifully Written. You Must Be First Rate Because Second Rate You Might Not Survive. If You're An Accountant, You'll Survive Second Rate. If You Chance It Big, You May Not Get Anywhere.

There Are Many Ways You Can Make Money. Certain Ways Will Make You Happy, Certain Other Ways Will Make Other People Happy. But If You Go In Because There's Money In There, You're Bound To Fail, Bound To Fail!

I Went To The International Ballet Competition When I Was 15 Or 16 And That Was The First Time I Competed. I Didn't Get Very Far But It Was The First Time That I Realized What I Needed To Do To Become A Dancer. I Realized How Hard It Was.