I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.
I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play.
An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.

