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Bad acting comes in many bags, various odors. It can be performed by cardboard refugees from an Ed Wood movie, reciting their dialogue off an eye chart, or by hopped-up pros looking to punch a hole through the fourth wall from pure ballistic force of personality, like Joe Pesci in a bad mood. I can respect bad acting that owns its own style.

The worst thing as an actor is when you're not getting opportunities to try and show what you can do; the best thing is when you get material that really lets you express something and that you're excited about.

Acting is not just impersonating your character.

Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.

Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish.

For a time, I really thought acting was just impersonating. But impersonation is just big brush strokes, really. What makes acting different is empathy.

Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive.

The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.