“Our job is to make manifest the story, to be it. In a sense, the theat...” — Mark Rylance Quote

Our job is to make manifest the story, to be it. In a sense, the theatre is such a big star itself, bigger than any Shakespearean actor I could hire, that we should take the opportunity to fill it with voice and verse and movement, not interpretation.

I think, early on, I was very distrustful of authority yet needed a lot of approval from it. I was in that kind of bind. Which is a kind of abuse bind.

I know that some people who move into film lose their nerve for the stage.

I certainly never pictured myself even attending the Academy Awards, much less winning at 56. I very, very happily settled into a theater career. I did more than that, but I let all of my agents and people go. I said, 'I don't want to be promoted in film anymore. I have enough to do in the theater, so I'm just going to carry on.'

I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.

And I learned a lot from working with this kid, and I think he's gonna be a big star. Remember the name, Tim Dark, because he has something about his voice that's different from all the other rappers, even though his style is similar.

Many times, one does get interesting work, but it is also work that doesn't get funded because one sure-shot way to get funding is to take a big star.

Look at 'Bonanza.' If you rely on a gimmick or one big star, you've got a problem.

I wasn't a big star in the school plays or anything.