If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare.

A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.

And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas.