Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Success is like a liberation or the first phrase of a love story . . . .
Some people are addicts.
If they don't act, they don't exist. I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent. Scroll down for sources of quotations and special search engines. Choose from a dozen bookstores in English, French and German.