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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.
You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people.
The whole business of being an actor is to explore, from research to shooting to why you do it. You're trying to see why people do what they do and how it feels to do what they do.
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.
That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.
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.
Being an actor helps me direct a little bit, when I do that, which I haven't been able to do that much, but I plan to in the future. There are a lot of reasons for that, but certainly because I feel like you know how to talk to actors, and you know what they need from you if you've been one yourself.
The problem with being an actor is that you have to be reactive to what other people want.
There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing.