I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It doesn't behoove you as an actor to sit around and worry.
There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.
Most of my friends are not actors. Most people have an idea of what an actor's life is, and it's pure glamour and excitement: it's easy and free and everyone loves you. But with a certain level of fame, there's a real level of paranoia and depression that comes with what you do, that nobody talks about.
Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can.
I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups and downs. And for an actor, that's good. Life experience in any regard is good. So I've seen a lot and I've had my own experiences.
Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way.
I'm incapable of truly relaxing. I remember when I was younger and less wise or experienced, actors that I knew would always talk about jobs ending and wondering whether they were ever going to work again. Now that's my life.
There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us.
When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.
I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.
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