Actors Are Inherently Self-centered.

It Doesn't Matter If You're Good. If You're Just Good, You Won't Succeed. If You Have Patience And Persistence And Talent And That's It, You Will Not Have A Successful Career As An Actor. The Elusive Thing You Need Is Luck.

With Craziness, You Can't Predict It. There's Very Little Defense You Can Have On Craziness.

When You're Directing An Ongoing Series, The Tone Has Already Been Set. So A Director Will Come In And Fulfill That Tone - Reinforce The Characters And Their Behavior. The Challenge Is To Find Unique Ways That You Can Visually Tell The Story While Keeping The Established Tone And The Pace And The Characters.

Actors Basically Are The Type Of Person That With Three Seconds Left, We Want The Ball. Give Us The Shot To Make It Or Miss It. We'll Take The Lumps If We Miss It, But We Want The Chance To Get The Glory.

I Realized, "oh My God, This Is An Enormous Play. And It's Almost All Me. Big. Big Chunks Of Speeches, Speeches, Speeches." And I Started To Panic.