We need to emphasize the more positive aspects of our species.
Everett McGill
On the stage, you enter into a bond with the audience, and you can sense they are moved by what you're doing. It's a sweet return.
'Quest' is a romantic name for journey, and I think 'fire' is a word that has stimulating connotations for all of us.
I know actors with promising careers who get blown out of the business, never to return.
In Kansas, people are reserved, quiet, taciturn.
I couldn't stand the thought of not succeeding; failure was more than I could deal with.
I know I may never emerge as a leading man.
I recognize my physical limitations, but I am an actor who is able to transform himself into someone else.
If you lost a major actor because of a broken jaw, the project collapses.
I don't see many convincing heavies in movies. They don't scare me.
Emotional sounds don't lie.
The director can't do your job for you. He can't get in front of the camera and perform your part.
You have to add something of yourself to the portrayal.
I've done soap operas in New York, playing a continuing character who goes through changes and develops, but none of that has created the enduring interest that 'Twin Peaks' has.
