I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege, .. My mother took me to visit him and I remember distinctly his incredible charisma and personal charm and his warmth and compassion. You felt it immediately the minute you met him, and that spirit I came away with, having met the man, is something that I've been constantly working on to infuse the character with, so that we can have his spirit and his love and his compassion, because that's really the essence of the man.
No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make them fascinating and that's how I tend to approach a character.
I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.
If you get into the area of judging the character you're playing you're getting into a sticky area.
When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me.
