I Can Only Put Myself

The Great Thing About Films Is That You Have Access To This Whole World Of Experts Who Teach You The Skills Your Character's Supposed To Have.

So Getting That Balance Between What Is Honoring Scripture And The Word And Also Acknowledging The Fact That By The Virtue Of Putting It On Film There's Going To Be A Variation And Adaptation, I Mean, It's A Fine Dance And A Balance. Our Producers And Directors Have Worked So Hard To Get That Right And I'm Really Proud. I Think It's A Pretty Good Job.

A Large Part Of How An Actor Works And Their Process Is The Stimulation Of What's Around You, And None More So Than In A Period Piece. This Is A Modern Piece, As Much As It Is Set In A Different Time, Age And Myth. If It Wasn't Relevant, It Wouldn't Have Been Made And We Wouldn't Be Putting Our Energy Into It. It's Relevant For Us Today Because, In Some Ways, It Throws Up A Mirror To All Of Us. As An Actor, You Get Stimulus And You're Effected By That, Whether It's Costumes Or Funny Beards Or Castles.

You Know What? Joy Is The Only Guide. I'm Going To Have Fun Regardless.

Conditioning Can Be Not A Big Heavy Thing. (for Instance:) I've Got A Brand New Pair Of Shoes, By Mistake You Step On It And You Make Them Muddy And Dirty, I'm Conditioned To Go "hey, What Are You Doing?" That's My Conditioning, I Have A Response. So, Maybe We Have To Learn To Find The Pause Before We React, Because Reaction Is Our Conditioning.