As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not caring about you, they're caring about the character.
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You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.
Once I start putting all my little insecurities in my mind, I'm not actually acting. Then it's about me - and it should never be about me. It should be about the character.
I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves. I fall into the second camp. For me, acting is a great exercise in getting to the truth about myself.
That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.
Actors use who they are to be someone else, but I would hate to ever think I'm playing myself. It's imagining being someone else that is the key motivating thing for me. So when people want to know about me, it makes me a bit unnerved.
One of the hardest things to do in acting is to stop thinking about yourself and stop being self-conscious.
As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figure them out, so when you get the time to be yourself, you should take it.
The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.
The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.
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