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To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.'

Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.

Why hire these geniuses if they're forced to stick with the script? You want to empower your actors as collaborators.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.