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I'm not one of these actors who can make a bad script good. Some actors, a script can be terrible, and they can bring something to it and make it really special. I can't.

Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.

For me, my first hearing of the script matters. It has to excite me as an actor and as an audience.

Every actor has to deal with what's on his plate, and I try to deal with doing the best work possible with the most challenging scripts. I don't base it on whether it's a feature film or a TV-movie or cable.

There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better.

I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script.

The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.

With acting, when you're reading a script, you're regurgitating someone else's words. There's a whole part of your brain that's off duty.

What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.

Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.