A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work for him, he can always become a history teacher or something.' Fortunately, the acting worked out.
Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.

