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I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor.

I'm a terrible actor. I'm still learning. When I first started, I wish I knew then to trust myself more, really. I was in a terrible panic in the early part of my career.

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

I've been really terrible in a lot of things because I learned by making mistakes. That makes you a different kind of actor, because you have to figure out for yourself what you do.

When I first started out, I was a bad actor.

I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything.

I certainly hated actors and, more importantly, they hated me.

I was a failed actor, but for 25 years, I got to go on stage anyway, and I loved it. I've still got the day job, and the travel bug.

I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.

When I started out I was a failed actor.