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Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes.

As an actor sometimes we sit and wait for projects to be handed to us and we don't really work. We expect our agents and managers to know who we are and to see who we are and offer us a part or send us out and submit us.

As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.

Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.

You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion.

Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.

How come actors feel like they have to give some kind of personal revelation attached to the project?

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

I think people who are regarded as better actors must have better instincts because, at the end of the day, once they say 'action,' it's you who has to do it right. You can do all the research and preparation or none at all, but it's your instincts that tell you, 'No, I'll do it like this.'