That's Probably The Biggest Secret Of Acting:

The Climate Informs The Character.

I Was Really Not Familiar At All With Edward Snowden. I Like To Get That Right Out Of The Way And Really Learned Most Of What I Know From Oliver's [stones] Script.

The Key To Acting Has Much More To Do With Listening Than With Talking.

You Can't Really Gauge The Difficulties Of Television. There's Difficulties And Joys That Happen With An Amazing, Great Team, When One Is Working. Television Can Be A Very Frustrating Job For Almost Anybody Working In Television, Because You're Shooting Episodically, And You Don't Know One Scene From The Next, And Maybe They Change Around.

That's Probably The Biggest Secret Of Acting: If The Actor Believes It Themselves, They Can Make You Believe It.