Magic Is At The Core

I Get Excited About Room-service Menus! I Really Do.

Yorgos Lanthimos Said, "what About If He's A Bit Soft?" And I Said, "yeah, I Think You're Right." He Just Comfort-eats A Little Bit Too Much. He's Just Asleep In His Own Life And Has Let Himself Go. And The Mustache, I Don't Know If It Was Him Or I Suggested It. But I Remember My Sister Was Watching Me Eat And She Was Like, "god, Does He Have To Be Fat?" And In Retrospect I Couldn't Think Of David Being Any Other Way Because It Affected The Way I Moved. It Really Did. It Slowed Me Down In A Way That I Felt Was Conducive To Kind Of Tapping Into The Spirit Of The Character.

You Have A Certain Objectivity, As A Member Of The Audience, And You Can Come Away Maybe Being Provoked Into A Certain Discourse Or A Certain Arena Of Questioning, Regarding How You Would Deal With Things That Your Character Has To Deal With. Whereas When You're Doing A Film, Once You Start Asking, "what Would I Do?," You're Getting The Distance Greater Between Yourself And The Character, Or You're Bringing The Character To You, Which I Think Is Self-serving, In The Wrong Way. The Idea Is To Bring Yourself To The Character.

[yorgos Lanthimos] Is Really A Master I Feel, I Really Do.

I Think People Enjoy "the Lobster" Because People Respond To Original Things, But I Think They Only Respond To Original Things If They Connect To Some Truths Within Us.