The problem with being an actor is that you have to be reactive to what other people want.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.
The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out.
You have to be selfish to be an actor.
I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it.
As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.
Being an actor is just like being any other sort of self-employed person - we're all just happy to have a job in the first place, but we also thrive off the uncertainty of it.
The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.