With a developed imagination there's no place you can't go.
That which hinders your task is your task.
You can't learn to act unless you're criticized. If you tie that criticism to your childhood insecurities you'll have a terrible time. Instead, you must take criticism objectively, pertaining it only to the work being done.
The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting.
Find in yourself those human things which are universal.
That's very different, picking up the impulse instead of picking up the cue.