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As an actor, it's so, so rewarding and so pleasing to not be reprimanded.

If you are good to people, they reciprocate with good behaviour.

You must reward the kind of behavior that you want.

If people are making fun of you then you're probably doing something right.

Some are very hostile if mistakes are pointed out. I'm not. If I make a mistake, I make a mistake.

If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act.

In life, you have to keep certain parts of yourself in check because you want to be a decent human being. But one of the guilty pleasures of acting is that sometimes you get to let a little something out that you don't in life because it's not right.

For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.

It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others.

The fact is, as actors, everything we do, bad or good, is a contribution. To me, it is a positive thing to give people as wide a range of human behavior with some sense of understanding of that behavior or some clue to it.