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I think if you're an actor you kind of have to be willing to look stupid.

As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.

Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor.

Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

As an actor, I always feel you basically have to be able to delude yourself.

Most of your life as an actor in Hollywood, either an actress or an actor, you have to look - you have to work out, you have to look - you rarely get to play someone who's just human, who's real, who is overweight, even not grossly overweight, but who has aspects of just everyday life.

Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do.

As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.

If you want to have more options as an actor, you just need to watch your weight, and I've ignored that fact for several years quite happily. Now the chicks have come home to roost.

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.