To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when you're on your own.

I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.

I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.

My son is 14, and I only have this time with him. True, it's not like before when I couldn't explain to a little boy why I can't read him his bedtime story six nights a week. And he's even said to me, 'Mom, if you want to do a show somewhere, you should go.'

To be a good actor you have to feel life and observe life.

What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.