Simple formula for the actor, prove you`re creative enough to get the job, sane enough to keep the job, and hungry enough to give up everything else to keep them happy.
Keep your eye on the dough-nut not the hole my father always said. Now, as adult, I understand. He was saying focus on what you love, your art...and not beyond it.
On Keanu Reaves: They love Keanu and he was so generous with his responses. There was never even a hint that he found any of this intrusive.