One of the strangest things about being an actor is that people you don't know feel that they are allowed to comment on your hair, body, clothes, relationships.
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The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out.
You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.
People become actors because they want to hide, and it's not easy to talk about myself. I accept that a certain responsibility goes with being an actor in the public eye, but I haven't found a comfortable way to deal with it.
There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
I'm not entirely comfortable saying I'm an actor, because it seems like a very weird, almost dorky thing to say you are.
Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.
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.
Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it.
One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.
I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.
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