The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.
You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.
I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.
People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it.
It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.
What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.