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I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

I feel that I am a good actor.

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.

I don't call myself an actor, I call myself an entertainer, because I don't just do one thing.

I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter.

I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality.