Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.
Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.
I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.
Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody.