We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?
I definitely think the first works best.
I could never swim in the ocean after seeing Jaws.
If I'm playing a murderer, I don't go out and start murdering people.
It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.
It's the worst thing if you're sitting there in the theater, going, "Oh, that's the guy who dates this person and likes to do this in the morning and that in the afternoon." Then you're just watching a brand, as opposed to an actor.