Carol Kane

And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right. ”

All of my films have changed my life. I've met so many people and broadened my world view. ”

It's very hard to remain a student in life. ”

Acting is pretty much my whole life. ”

I try to construct some kind of backstory for my character so that I have an idea of the life of that character - not just from the moment when the scene starts, but from before. ”

When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast. ”

I don't like somebody saying to me in their performance, 'Look at this. Isn't this funny?' I pray that I don't do that. I'm sure I fall off the horse every once in a while, but I try not to. ”

I was taught by a lot of great comedy writers to go for the reality in a role, and the comedy will come through. ”

I think it's nourishing to do both comedy and drama. ”

Taxi' made a big difference because it got me into comedy. ”