"I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right."

Actor, Actors, Right, Trying

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"I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right."

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"Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."

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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

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"As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot."

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"What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off."

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"I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty."

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"But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most of the time is I distrust the comfort."

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