Article March 27, 1995 Issue

Actors who set standards

In this week's Sentinel column, well-known actors talk about the responsibilities of their profession.

"I hope what I do has some meaning," said stage and screen actor Kevin Kline in an interview with Dotson Rader in the October 16, 1994, issue of Parade magazine. Although Mr. Kline has established a firm reputation as one of the most versatile actors of his generation, he wondered honestly whether his work could be compared to the life-saving efforts of doctors or to saving a country if one is a politician.

Asked for a comment on his occasional doubts about the value of acting as a profession, Mr. Kline told Parade: "I know you can't save the world, but you can try to reach out to individuals you come in contact with, one at a time. ... I feel as an actor I can influence, in my own modest way, the world by what I choose to do and how I do it.

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