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Extreme people combine brilliance and talent with an insane work ethic.
One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.
I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.
I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary.
There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent.
I always have been an entertainer, whether it's been joking or performing for people. And I always thought I had a talent, because I could rap and I could sing, and I did write. And all the other kids were going to college, but I just felt like I had to do this first, and if it didn't work, then I would go to college.