Not playing Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. I am a huge Brando fan and a big Tennessee Williams fan and it’s a part I would love to have a go at. It’s possible I still could but I’m too old, really.
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Receiving a letter saying I didn’t get into drama school. I felt like Billy Elliot. It was a crushing moment.
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