I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to you, going, 'Hey!' - because they're scared of you.'
I love actors that are brave, that are courageous. And courage to me is not the absence of fear, it's the presence of fear, and they go to places that really scare them, because as an audience, that's where you feel danger.
My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself.
The thing I like a lot about acting is I'll never learn enough. I'll never know it inside and out.
Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.
There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting.
I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.
In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and you get to say, 'Well, maybe I can get to the end of it and survive it intact and I can be the hero of my own story.' It's kind of a way of exorcising fear.
Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.