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

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

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"Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone."

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