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I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

Acting is not the noblest profession in the world, but there are things lower than acting. Not many, mind you - but politicians give you something to look down on from time to time.

I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.

I had to study acting to basically educate myself.

Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn't until my third year at drama school that I actually thought, 'Oh, right, I'm trained for this now; I'd better see if I can do it.'

For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver.

The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday.

Acting has been very useful to me.

Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give back to the industry.

Acting was fun for a while. I loved every minute of the really good things I did but probably wasn't as good as I should have been.