At least when you're acting you can be someone. Aside from the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I? There's something safe about playing a character, but then I feel like I have to ask myself 'Who am I underneath it all?' Oh, who am I trying to kid? I'm a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, I just explode. I lost myself in the process and I realized how much I had identified myself with everyone else. When that was gone, I had to really sit back and go, 'Well, actually, who am I today?' Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. But how do you do that, when you don't even know where to begin the search? The secret of getting ahead is getting started. You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do, you have to actually do it. Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself. So again, who am I?
