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You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances.

I try to get the best performance an actor can give.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do.

When there's no technical problems, if you did the right casting, and the scene is well written, the actor will give you a strong performance with his intuition right from the start.

Actors are such wonderful creatures and such wonderful instruments. It's always different on the page or in my head. I hear it differently. I see it differently. And then, you give it to an actor, and it comes alive in a way that you didn't expect.

You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.

As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.