"In general, I did what a lot of character actors do: I did it to get girls."
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"To be an actor, a lot of times it's a strange combination of high confidence and low self-esteem. Which is a weird combination to have, but I think it's sort of very common among actors."
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"I was selling real estate at the time, in Pacific Palisades, California, so imagine that: getting a note and a bottle of champagne from Jack Nicholson when I'd barely made a dime as an actor. It really kept me going."
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"When you're working, nobody's a star. We're all just actors trying to figure it out."
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"I just don't feel like part of the fraternity of actors. I do geek out. All the time."
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"I had no idea that, when you audition for television or movies, you go to a big building - like, an office building - and you walk in the room, and everybody, I assumed, was smarter than me and better than me, and there's actors you recognize. I once fainted at an audition."
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"It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it's not as easy as it would seem."
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"If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do."
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"I usually hang out on the set. I get to know everybody. I have a nice time with the other actors."
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"As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great."
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