It's more interesting for me as an audience member to see a movie about a loser.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
'The Assassination of Jesse James' remains one of my favorite films that I've done. You know, it's still labeled a loser.
I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.
You don't work as hard to watch a movie. You work harder to watch a play, so what the audience puts into it is interesting.
I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
I'd rather make an interesting film that gets people talking, that maybe some people hate, than make the kind of 'entertaining' film that everyone feels ambivalent about.
Because of the incredible reputation I have, people find me exciting to watch on film.
Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot... I find it equally interesting and exciting as it is disgusting and bizarre.
It's much less interesting as an actor playing someone who's purely good or purely evil.
It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy.