Occupation: Actor Birth: July 26, 1959
It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it..
Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it..
If you wanna compete, youve got to get into the original content game..
I've never heard of a situation where, because somebody had a particular political belief, they didn't get a part. I think it's a bit of a myth..
I can't judge the characters I play, because it's for the audience to do. What I can try to do is to understand and embody what were they going throu….
My job is to interpret. I'm an interpreter. I can add things and bring unique qualities to the role that the writer may not have thought of, but some….
Anyone with a internet connection and an idea can develop an audience.
I have talked to more people who are in politics who have said to me, "[House of Cards] is closer than you can imagine. It's the most accurate descri….
I want to bring theatre to a new generation, using the tools available to us, including taking it out to them on film and with new technology, but th….
If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician..
Sometimes you walk away from playing somebody and you think, "Wow that was far as from my own experience as I can possibly be." And sometimes you wal….
Netflix did it right and focused on all the things that have replaced the dumb, raw numbers of the Nielsen world - they embraced targeted marketing a….
One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously..
I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies..
We have to start listening to nature now..
While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a childs imagination..
It's not even about being negative. It's just being unsettled, unsatisfied, unfinished..
I have long been a supporter of The Princes Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch Amex Be Inspired and help young people build their….
The audience, the place youre in, has everything to do with how your performance goes..
The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen..
Clarence Darrow was a unique and courageous man. Several of my favourite actors have played Darrow... Henry Fonda, Orson Welles and Spencer Tracy..