I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal.
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Acting has always been very comfortable for me, so it allows me to pay attention to other parts of the process literally while I'm acting.
For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver.
I did a lot of acting when I was a child. I was very shy - the kind of kid who ran into a corner and cried on parents' visiting day.
For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn't found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting.
Acting is just something I always knew I wanted to do - acting and writing.
Acting is something I always wanted to do and knew I could do.
I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trouble.
I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.
At school, I was a shy lad and still am. But acting gives me licence to be up there, demanding the focus. It's the one time in my life where I don't have to shout to be heard.
Acting is a work in progress for me. I just try to keep my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open, especially with the people I've worked with.
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