The myth that your waiter in New York is an actor is true. It's a very difficult, competitive business to be in. As an actor, you have to think of the art and the love of doing plays and creating characters...and there's some part of you that has to function in this world of commerce.

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If you start out wanting to be Julia Roberts, the odds are like winning the lottery. But if you want to be an actor there's a world of possibilities out there...There's a huge network of working actors who aren't Julia Roberts.

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