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We first met while he was doing promotion in the States forA Separation.
Like many actors, I was immediately shocked and intrigued by the power of his work.
He is a sensitive, intelligent man and that comes through in this technique.
So it was more of a process, of finding the character together?
Penelope and I knew exactly the way to go.
The thing is, how do you get there?
Before you act, these are all only ideas.
This is not a vanity contest, about whos more important than others.
This is what he does best.
Hes careful with the actors he chooses.
Its been over ten years since you and Penelope didVicky Cristina Barcelonatogether, during which time youve gotten married.
Has your chemistry evolved over time?I think so.
Everything is different once youre family.
That is the priority, as it should be.
Were no exception from that.
Its important not to be confused by fiction.
Fiction is fiction, reality is its own thing.
Now, Im going to be 50 in a few weeks, and I dont do this anymore.
Shes the same way.
You must always know when youre working on a level of re-creation, outside of real life.
Penelope and I, we have to protect the us.
As an actor, you havent been afraid to take work that resists easy audience interpretation.
Im thinking ofmother!, which inspired a lot of different interpretations at the time of its release.
Do you have one yourself?Im drawn to a sort of bravery.
And yes, from there, everything was open to interpretation.
Thats what we do for a living; thats the art form!
Music, film, literature, these should all inspire conversation, if not argument.
We destroying it, while shes giving and giving.
Were spoiled by the fact that shes a giver, and think it will be this way forever.
Its not going to be forever.
We release forces to destroy one another that only end up destroying ourselves.
Extinction would be the only fate.
Darren expresses that beautifully and brutally.
He conceives from the gut, not from the mind.
What he wanted was for people to react, and he got it.
Some were positive, some were negative, but everybody reacted.
Everybody had an opinion.
For him, thats success.
An actor whos willing to take risks has to accept that sometimes, they dont pay off.
Great original material, great team behind the camera and in front, great everything.
Then things turn out the way you least expected.
Thats a part of being an actor.
Ive made my peace with that.
That movie,The Last Face, is as important to my career asNo Country For Old Men.
Every choice youve made has led you to the present.
Everything is there for the same reason, so that it’s possible for you to learn something.
Making the movie was so intense.
We felt incredible moments while working hard.
I dont have a doubt about doing this.
But it turned out the way it turned out, and thats okay!
You never know if its going to work or not.
It doesnt matter what you think itll be like, you give your all.
No actor knows whether a movies going to turn out great or bad.
No one has a clue whats good not until its finished, and sometimes not even then.
He is like a giant baby boy, imprisoned in a body of scars.
A destroyed body, with the only violence in him having been inflicted on him by humanity.
People react to that first, rather than what is inside a sickness.
Being imprisoned within something youre not this makes Frankensteins creature lovable, or worthy of love.
That being said, I dont know whats going to happen with that project.
Id still like to do it.
