To deal with the stark reality of having hit or hurt a woman or child, to deal with the initial responsibility you have not to do that and the knowledge you did do it, can be incredibly hard.
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I just couldn't imagine hitting a child. But in 'The Slap' it's an extreme situation. You have to ask yourself - would you step in if a child was out of control?
As one who has been in hard situations, I believe that I know how to deal with complicated and hard situations.
There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.
When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.
Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.
It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up.
Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.
My parents taught me the way to deal with being picked on was to be compassionate. I had to defend myself physically, but I had to be compassionate and understand the position of those abusing me. I had to figure it out and then rise above it.
Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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