We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.
“I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.”
“When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.”