I Don't Like The 'must', The 'always',

I Think It's My Job To Like Any Character I Play - To Understand And Appreciate A Character, To Look At The World As Much As Possible From Their Point Of View. I Don't Look At It Just Technically: Learn The Lines, Figure Out What Gestures I Want To Bring And Play, And That's It. I Like To Learn As Much As I Can About The Person, And See What Happens.

Captain Fantastic Touches On That [division]. You Meet This Family That Lives Off The Grid In The Woods And You Go, "oh, It's Some Kind Of Liberal Utopian Fantasy. The Enemy Is Gonna Be All These Conservative Types That They'll Probably Run Into, And That's Going To Be The Story."

Adult Characters Are All The Things They've Encountered Over Time. But Kids Haven't Accumulated All The Life Experience, All The Regrets. They Tend To Be More In The Moment, More Willing To Play, To Be Joyful.

Sometimes You Look At A Movie And You Can See That The Actor Or Actress Said, 'i'm Taking This Onboard Because I'm Making A Ton Of Money, And Not Because It's Going To Be Something Special.'

If You're Not Optimistic On Some Level, Then You've Given Up.