ELIOT STEIN-HOST: Did you find the non-speaking role
of Kala particularly challenging? What has helped you most
in your training as an actor?
PATRICK STEWART: All my fans out there...who have taken
an interest in my career as the result of TNG...are VERY
IMPORTANT to me!...these fans allow me to do the work I do
now! I have been able to open theatrical shows based on the
support I am receiving from the audience. I want you to know
that my fans are extremely important to me. I am blessed!
My training was a long time ago. My formal training... I
continue to work on what I do. I think it continues to be the
combination of the technical aspect of acting--voice,
body---and the imagination...alongside a continuing trust: that
what I have to say as an actor is worth hearing!