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Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

Acting is like a sporting match; a tennis game, but no one should win or lose. The game's the thing!

Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

When you're performing, you're playing to the back row. With acting, you have to be more nuanced.

Ultimately, the idea of acting is to understand the people you're playing, and then where they're coming from is not so mystifying. You've got to detox a bit after, though.

You can act, or you can't. I'm sure a lot of people who are serious about acting would disagree, but I'm not really worried about them.

Acting is acting.

Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court.

What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball at them and you want them to throw it back. Your ball playing is a lot better when you play with good ballplayers, like any sport. Every actor I know feels the same way.

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.