It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.
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If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
The rules are: The only ego is the film, and you have to serve the film.
Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.
In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.
You see all the movies where people say, 'Don't fight out of anger'? They say that for a reason.
On a film crew, you can see very quickly that some people who are working with you are stronger than you. Then you have to have the humility to listen to them. And because very often they have better ideas than yours, it can be tough on the evil ego. But it makes a better film.
In the end, it's your job to own the role, and in the end, you are playing certain aspects of your own self, even.
I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
You are defined by who you are, by your choices in life, in all regards, not just in doing movies.
When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.
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