And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor.
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 never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.
As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.
As an actor, I always feel you basically have to be able to delude yourself.
Actors are smart. They have to feel safe enough to fall and to get back up. My job is to make sure they don't get hurt.
I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.
I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.
I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open, and have all your guards down, and just have that level of trust and security in yourself to know that you could walk out on that limb with someone else and be safe.
When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.