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“I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens.”

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Alasdair MacLean, born on June 2, 1974, is an individual whose identity and profession remain unclear. His life experience and contributions are limited by available information. more

“I think the music that's part of your heritage is what you spend a lot of your early life rejecting. The very idea of folk music would break me out in hives until I was about 28. But I think it's nice when you eventually do come back to it. It's like coming home, and you realize it wasn't so bad after all.”

Thinking Home Realizing Break Nice Coming Home Folk Music

Author:Alasdair MacLean

“Sometimes the work can get in the way and you give a less-good performance, and sometimes it doesn't and you can really get to the heart of something. And all the other stuff is just interesting and adds another layer to your performance. It helps you find the reality. Because you're not just playing yourself, you know? That would be kind of boring.”

Giving Heart Kind Sometimes Helping Reality Interesting Boring Be Kind

Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh

“As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.”

Ifs Stills Might Wonder Alive Singers Fallen Thieves

Author:Ben Kingsley

“Even when you think you can detach yourself from the characters, you don't. Because you're spending so much time trying to realize this person and make them real that they do infect you, in a way. And you do take them home and live with them, even if you think you're turning the character off. But in order to pull off a role convincingly, you wind up thinking about that person all the time, and it does sort of creep into you. And then there are things that you'll respond to, or react to in a very different way than you would normally.”

Thinking Trying Different Real Character Home Realizing

Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh

“I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. It wasn't like some idea of going to Hollywood; it was in my backyard. I lived two blocks from Grauman's Chinese Theatre growing up. It was what people did. It's an industry town. So it wasn't some far-off fantasy, it was like "Oh yeah, when you grow up, you do this because that's what people do here."”

People Kind Kids House Acting Fantasy Growing Up Theatre Block Chinese Shy

Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh

“I like as much time as I can get and I'll do whatever I think is helpful to prepare for a role. Sometimes it's practical research, meaning if I had to write shorthand, I'd learn how to write shorthand. Or if I have to know how to dance a certain way, I would learn that. And then there's just research of talking to people similar to the characters I'm playing. And there's stuff that I just feel is inspiring, whether it be music or a painting or a photograph. I've used a lot of Nan Goldin's photos in the past to inspire me. I use certain paintings and pieces of music.”

People Thinking Writing Sometimes Character Past Inspire Painting Photograph Helpful

Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh

“I really haven't joined the 20th or the 21st century yet. Someday. I'm getting closer. I have voicemail and a fax machine.”

Someday 21st Century

Author:Patricia Clarkson

“I'm not necessarily less gratified by films where you're given less room to maneuve. Because I love a great script, and I love to respect it, and I love to try to give a director what he needs and wants, especially having directed now. [Laughs.] I'm much more open to try to give him what he wants and figure it out. I like working with directors I respect and admire, obviously. And everybody has their own way.”

Giving Trying Film Laughing Admire

Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh

“In some ways, you're always redefining your craft and figuring it out, but in some ways, I almost feel I'm going back to what I was doing 20 years ago.”

Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh

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