An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

It does make you a better director and a better actor.

I was emotionally and physically punched in the stomach. This is not a place where you go and deliver the lines and then you come back. It's kind of a life-changing experience. But it can't get better than this for any actor - this is like an opera.

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.