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The actor is certainly an
intellectual in that he has to think what will work, what will
fail. He rationalizes his risks. He also has to imagine
himself in a part- in a performance he imagines his way along- and
acting is about pretend, so it's a artificial in that sense. An
actor has to be totally absorbed in a part, not withholding anything-
yet, and this is tricky, yet he must also project an eye, or a double of
himself into the auditorium, which will constantly monitor his
actions. If you are an actor, you must act and watch yourself
acting simultaneously. You put yourself in the position of the audience
and think what they'll think
Derek would run a mile from reputation. He doesn't want to take up any mantle. He doesn't like any of that. He's just interested in acting. Clifford Williams 1988
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