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Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely.

I mean, I always think when you're an actor you have to be the guy running into the burning building rather than running out of it, if you want to make some noise as an actor.

I try to get the best performance an actor can give.

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

Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.

As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be.

All actors know that the real adrenaline rush is in doing theatre. There is an immediate connect, and a role in a play, for an actor, is the biggest temptation.

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush.

I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front of a bunch of people - and sometimes you have a good moment and something clicks.