When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a training ground for me. Actors that came up in the '50s and '60s, they had the theater, and television was in its infancy.
Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.