I'm definitely not your stereotypical actor: the loud, cackling type who strolls into a room and grabs everyone's attention with a great story. I've always been much more of a listener.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
I am not an actor. Yes, every so often I appear on talk shows to promote something I've written, and I enjoy doing so because I have a lot of stories to tell, and I like making audiences laugh. But that's not acting. That's just me being me.
Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.
I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality.
I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.
There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater for ten years before I ever had a TV audition.
As an actor, you pay attention very closely to everything that happens to you, and you're constantly watching others as well, trying to just find out where everything comes from.
An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.
A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.
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