Nobody has a franchise on what is good.
Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.
I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.
For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.
I do believe all actors are smart.
You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do.