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Success Is Always Somebody Else's Opinion Of You; But It Doesn't Amount To A Damn Compared To Your Own Opinion Of Yourself.

Part Of An Actor's Job Is To Actually Adopt The World-view Of The Character She Is Playing And To Tell The Story From That Vantage Point. If An Actor Represses Large Aspects Of Their Personality, They Will Have A Severely Limited Range And Castability. Great Actors Cultivate Effortless Access To Their Subpersonalities. Many Acting Teachers Call This 'freeing Your Instrument.'

She Has Never Messed Up A Single Take Yet. Recently I Was In A Scene And There Was A Table Covered With A Cloth. When The Director Said Cut, I Saw A Black Nose And Two Paws Inching Out From Under The Cloth. She Had Hidden There Without Making A Sound Until We Were Done With The Scene. She Wanted To Be Nearer To Me.

Acting Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Listening To The Words. We Never Really Listen, In General Conversation, To What The Other Person Is Saying. We Listen To What They Mean. And What They Mean Is Often Quite Apart From The Words. When You See A Scene Between Two Actors That Goes Really Well You Can Be Sure They're Not Listening To Each Other - They're Feeling What The Other Person Is Trying To Get At. Know What I Mean?

When I'm Reading Material, If I'm A Little Bit Afraid Of A Part And I'm Willing To Admit That To Myself, Then I'll Do It, Definitely. If I'm Worried About Being Able To Do It, To Get It -i Absolutely Just Love It.