In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role.
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There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.
I think most actors like to be liked.
Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.
Actors are exposed in a way that nobody else can understand. They are subject to the likes and dislikes of people their entire life, no matter how successful they are. At the same time, in order to be liked, you have to not be yourself. So it's a very complicated human exercise - an alchemy that I have never understood.
Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.
I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing.
Sometimes you need to put your own characteristics into the actor, and you take different things from the character that you admire - sometimes you can't see the boundaries anymore.
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.
The problem with being an actor is that you have to be reactive to what other people want.
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