I Just Don't Plan Things. I Live

Quentin's [tarantino] Thing Is "i Don't Want Anybody To Get Up Until They Have To. So, Because He Really Wants Things To Come Organically. And He May Have Specific Things Like "no, This ... I Want You To Be Here So That When He Punches You, It Falls. I Want That Action To Happen Here." But You Feel Like It Does, All The Blocking Does Come From An Organic Response To The Material.

Even When You Think You Can Detach Yourself From The Characters, You Don't. Because You're Spending So Much Time Trying To Realize This Person And Make Them Real That They Do Infect You, In A Way. And You Do Take Them Home And Live With Them, Even If You Think You're Turning The Character Off. But In Order To Pull Off A Role Convincingly, You Wind Up Thinking About That Person All The Time, And It Does Sort Of Creep Into You. And Then There Are Things That You'll Respond To, Or React To In A Very Different Way Than You Would Normally.

Sometimes The Work Can Get In The Way And You Give A Less-good Performance, And Sometimes It Doesn't And You Can Really Get To The Heart Of Something. And All The Other Stuff Is Just Interesting And Adds Another Layer To Your Performance. It Helps You Find The Reality. Because You're Not Just Playing Yourself, You Know? That Would Be Kind Of Boring.

When I Find A Role I Want To Play, I Just Go After It.

It Usually Takes About Two And A Half Weeks After You're Done Filming Where You Kind Of Return To Yourself Again.