The Biggest Lesson Stephen Strange Learns In

The Generation Now Below Me Were Born Into A World Where If You're A Kid With Raw Talent Now, You Can Roll In And Land A Lead In A Scorsese Film. You Don't Have To Have Prove Yourself By Working Up The Ranks, Doing The Classics, And Getting The Canon Under Your Belt In The Way The Great Sirs And Dames Of Mom And Dad's Generation - The [ben] Kingsleys And [helen] Mirrens And [anthony] Hopkinses And People Of That Ilk.

Sometimes Being Away, On Location, I Feel Like I'm Away For Much Of My Own Life. I Want To Be Better At Staying Connected.

There's A Huge Raft Of Roles That Actors In Our Culture Perform, And You Can See Any One Of About Three Hamlets In A Year. It's Not Something To Be Completely Daunted By.

I Had Parents Who Were Working Actors, Who Did Really Well In Their Careers, But It Was A Living. So It Was A Reality For Me Growing Up; It Wasn't A Fantasy. It Wasn't Sitting There Going, "i Want To Be Adored." It Wasn't That At All. Not To Say That The Screams Of Fans Aren't A Smile-raiser, But That Was Never The Pull For Me.

One Of The First Roles I Had On Stage Was With A Brilliant Director In A Brilliant Play With A Brilliant Cast, But I Just Couldn't Find My Way Into The Heart Of The Character. I Found Myself Straining A Lot. When It Started. I Felt Lost. That Was The Eugène Ionesco Play Rhinoceros. I Don't Think I Was Prepared For That. I Don't Think I Had The Full Tool Kit To Do It Justice. It's A Very Difficult Play, It's An Extraordinarily Difficult Part, And I Never Felt I Really Got It Right. Far From It. To A Degree, Hamlet Was The Same.