The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this.

No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know.

And when I stopped doing that and started thinking about what feels natural and what feels right to me and started pleasing myself, then it became good.

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