It's difficult to judge other actors, because as an actor you're looking at different things than what an audience is looking at.

I just loved the coolness of [Sean] Connery's Bond. He just sort of oozes cool.

I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.

If you're a good actor, then you channel enough of yourself into the character so that you do get that other thing.

My mother works in a bank and my dad is the head of my management team and also works in finance.

If I spend all my time being upset about having lost a job, then the next however many auditions I have are going to be useless. So as you're going through the process, you get excited and put your all into it. But you don't get carried away, because until you do the thing, nothing hasn't happened yet. The rest is just talk.

As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.