One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style

Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.

Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.

I think that making love is the best form of exercise.

I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you.

I can't bear to hear a woman talk baby talk.

The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.