We've defined decency down now that we look at the entertainment value of it, whether the acting is good, the writing is good, the story is good, no matter the depravity, we'll watch it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The more intelligent the storytelling becomes and the deeper the character development, people will realize in film and television, like they do in real life, that human beings possess both good and bad.
You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion.
Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.
As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive.
Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater, and my values were about the work, and not being a star or anything like that. I'm not spoiled in that way, and if I fight for something, it's about the work, not about how big my trailer is.
I'm under the impression that this notion of decency is disappearing from our society where conflicts are made worse on cinema and on television, where people are nasty and cruel on the Internet and where, in general, everybody seems to be very angry.
Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.
I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment.
In all of us, there is a struggle between the good and the bad. It makes it more palpable and real to play such people as an actor.
I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.
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