As an actor, you can't judge. A great actress from Spain said, "We, the actors, are lawyers of the characters we play. We have to defend them, no matter what."
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
As actors we're supposed to be our character's advocate.
For me, the political part of being an actor is very tough. To sit somewhere and tell somebody why you should feel this way or that way about my character does not feel like my responsibility. It feels like the responsibility of the writer and the person who created it.
I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.
As an actor, you always want to root for your characters.
If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I want to find the positive points.
When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive about the character, and you want to root for the character you're playing.
I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not gratuitous.
