I mean, I always think when you're an actor you have to be the guy running into the burning building rather than running out of it, if you want to make some noise as an actor.
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Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it.
Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.
Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.
As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as an actor.
Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less.
The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.
I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.
An actor is like a piece of clay: you just keep moulding me. Even people who work with you every day want to put you in a little box.
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