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If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.
For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.
Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the wildest sense finally killed him.
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand.
This industry is too bonkers to understand. Every single part is completely different.
Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.
For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.
