If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People have said, 'You don't need to do any more biopics. You don't need to play any more real people.' I don't agree with that.
Eazy was a true visionary. He really was like flesh and blood. Like a son. He was a good kid. He was the best.
I feel like biopics are so difficult to get around.
Eazy was an exceptional human being. He was a visionary. He was very Machiavellian, he understood power and how to use it. He was a good-hearted guy, a good father, just an exemplary human being. I couldn't be any prouder of him than if he had been my blood son.
I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.
When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.
The whole point of film for me is that it's such a joy. It's such a wonder. The possibilities are literally endless in terms of what you can creatively do.
I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'
I took the part in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' because no one had ever asked me to play 'a life' before. I get to age through 30 years. The idea really challenged me.
I liked the fact that 'My Week With Marilyn' wasn't a biopic.
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