I didn't start my whole rookie year.
My first show was at my friend Corey Petrick's basement in Bucks County, PA.
But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.
My first show, in England, was called 'Soldier, Soldier.'
I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
I'd met Roscoe in Europe quite a few times over the years, and we'd say hi and so on, but this was the first time we'd actually played together.
It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified.
When you first start singing something after you've written it, it has this sort of sparkle to it. And if you capture that, that's luck.
I tend to lose my performance energy the longer things go on for, so I'm always best on the very first take.
I think you should do rehearsal and work at it, but when the camera rolls, you should be ready. Try to make it good the first time.
Whoever did my mo-cap for Stardust watched my very first entrance and nothing else, because I never did half the stuff ever again, and it's funny to watch. Well, hey, that's what they used, so yeah.
I hesitate to say because it sounds silly, but the first play I did was 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' by Brecht.
For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.
I love being the first person to play a part. I really get a big thrill out of it.
