I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible.
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.
It's something that I think I'm going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me seriously as an actor as opposed to a good-looking guy. It's not what I want to be known as.
I expect I should be more calloused by now, but I am so sensitive about not ever living up to anybody's worst idea about an actor who is well-known.
Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.
I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.
I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.
I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.
You know, I've kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.
People don't realise what a nice thing it is for an actor to go to a job where they know or like everybody, because you're so often having to do new beginnings, starting off on set with people you don't know, having to introduce yourself and make friends.