Winning is something you've dreamed about and hoped for, so that when you get there it's no big deal. But if you lose you're gutted, and the gutted sense just goes on, and I know what that's like, because I've been having that gutted feeling since 1979.
(On Uncle Vernon from the Harry Potter movies) "Vernon distrusts Harry
completely and is always concerned that he is going to do something
strange at any moment. That is Vernon's biggest fear - he doesn't want
anything strange happening that the neighbours might see."
If I had my way, all actors over 55 would be issued a 3-lb. wet salmon with which to slap the face of every young, beautiful, successful upstart. 'That's for being so lucky, you bastard!' I would shout. And then, hit them again, if you can.
I know actors who hold parties simply because they have an audition, which is tragic.