“For me, personality acting is not that interesting. I don't want to just be myself.”
Lesley Manville

“I enjoy taking off the uniform once in a while, especially when I get a chance to do some comedy.”
Dale Dye

“When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.”
Buddy Hackett

“If I can be Brutus for 90 minutes tonight, I mean really be him, from the inside out, then for 90 minutes I get this miraculous reprieve from being myself. That's what you see in every great actor's eyes.”

Christian McKay - Orson Welles

“- Tadokoro: Mima's character, Yoko Takakura, completely changes personalities when she's raped by the customers at a local strip show.
- Rumi: A rape scene? You have got to be out of your mind!
- Tadokoro: It's pivotal, Rumi. She's the key figure in the second half.”
Barry Stigler - Tadokoro
Wendee Lee - Rumi