I writhe when I see myself on the screen. I'm such a dreadfully clumsy hulking image. I say to myself, 'Why doesn't he get off? Why doesn't he get off?' I mean, I look like such an idiot. Some fat awkward thing dredged up from some third-rate drama company. I must stop thinking about it, otherwise I shan't be able to go on working.

I feel ghostly unreal until I become somebody else again on the screen.

If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.

Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this...

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Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.