So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to be in every production on stage or backstage in whatever capacity and I came to New York looking for work in the summers.
Rose was sexy. It was my fantasy about her. She accomplished so much and came from so little in terms of a background that would have prepared her for the world, let alone the world of entertainment.
Once you have the pattern of life of this person, the choreography, so to speak, you have the canvas that you present eight times a week, not without feeling underneath it, but it`s not as churning as the discovery process was.
My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn`t do what she wanted to hear. She used to say: there`s more there, there`s more voice but I just didn`t want to give it to her.
Making a film of a work you`ve played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you`ve worked out the behavior and life of a character.