You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.
As an actor with a star status, I can't restrict myself to one type of films and roles.
Working in film tends to isolate actors - it's your close-up; it's all about you.
You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You do the best job you can, but you have no control over so many elements that are going to determine the outcome of that film. I never pay attention to what happens after.
You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character.
People don't know and they shouldn't know that you work incredibly hard as an actor.
As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.