Actors, who should pride themselves on their singularity, are forever trying to be someone else. It isn't necessary for you, the actor, to like yourself— self-love isn't easy to come by for most of us— but you must learn to trust who you are. There is no one else like you.
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (ed. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009) - ISBN: 9780802719027