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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

I feel that I am a good actor.

It's a very odd thing with Hollywood, where you do stand-up, you're good at it, then they go, 'How would you like to be a horrible actor?' Then you say, 'All right, that sounds good. I'll do that.'

You've gotta play the Hollywood game, and you know you're doing good the more notoriety you're getting, and that's gold. That's what every actor wants because then you know you're at another level.

You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage that comes with being a known actor just adds to that struggle.

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

An actor is like a piece of clay: you just keep moulding me. Even people who work with you every day want to put you in a little box.

A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.