Projection of sound gives the stage a life different from real life. As actors and interpretive artists, we must not only be able to know the attitude of the script, we must also make ourselves heard - without amplification.
Theater is about life, not about television or movies.
'Iceman' covers a bigger scope than 'Long Day's Journey.' But they're both fabulous pieces of work. 'Iceman' is like a symphony. It's got all the movements, all these different voices. 'Long Day's Journey' is more like a beautiful string quartet.
I was a radioman first class in the Navy. I put in seven years. I was around a lot of admirals; I served on destroyers, cruisers, and a flat top for a little while.
It was 1939. There was no money or jobs around. I did my parents a favor and joined the Navy.
Actors usually have a lot in common with kids.
That's what acting is: really make-believe.
I've played all kinds of TV roles, from cowboys to fathers of teenagers. It's helped me a lot. Of course, I was very lucky to have had good directors.
When I was little, my father was one of the biggest names in Hollywood. Suddenly - and how it happened to him was always a great mystery to me - he wasn't a star anymore; he was on the fringe. From the time I was 14, I was always conscious of a sense of worry, of terrific insecurity - agents, phony talk, the waits for the phone to ring.
My father has the most tremendous personality and wonderful looks - he looks like Fredric March.
I got hooked on 'All Things Considered.'
I sort of go with the flow of what's happening on the set.
I love the theater because it's alive. It's a beginning, a middle and an end, and it begins a life.
All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.
I used to just do movies for alimony purposes, between plays.
It doesn't do to eat too much before a performance.
I did a lot of violent junk just because I needed the money - alimony movies, you might call them - and then I decided to start turning down the junk scripts and wait for something better, no matter how long.
