I Was Never That Much

Wood Burns Faster When You Have To Cut And Chop It Yourself.

I Don't Take Trouble At All To Conform A Screenplay To My Iconography. I Don't Say, "we Can't Do That - The Audience Wouldn't Accept It." I Try To Take The Limitations Of What Is Required To Play A Leading Character And Then Screw With Them.

What I Look For Is Identifying What The Utility Of A Character Is To The Telling Of The Story Overall. If I Can Identify That From Reading The Script, Then I've Got A Clear Idea Of Whether Or Not I Think The Character Is Worth Playing.

I Haven't Purposefully Set Out To Play Heroes. I'm Interested In Playing The Character Who Finds Himself In Extraordinary Circumstances. But He's Really Either Just Saving Himself Or Acting In The Service Of Something That's Important To Him.

I Shaved My Hairline Back And Dyed My Hair And Wore A Little Powder, A Little Paint, A Fat Suit, And I Changed My Voice, But The Emotions Were Consistent With What The Point Of The Scene [with Branch Rickey] Was.