Quote

And as an actor - or even as a person in the industry - if you're unwilling to change, you're just going to get swamped. You've got to be flexible, and you've got to go with the flow. That's what I try to do as an actor.

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor.

One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and you're only as informed as the job you're in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there's a part of, like, you move on.

As actors, you become an expert at starting over.

As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.

I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.

I think that anybody who says 'This is the one way to go about being an actor' has probably not done a lot of professional work before.