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 Reeves: They love Keanu and he was so generous with his
responses. There was never even a hint that he found any of this intrusive.