It makes a world of difference when you start with an amazing script.
No one can be all things, as we all know.
You can have a role in a movie that was originally something minor in terms of screen time, and all of a sudden we see something and go, wow, that's cool.
Nothing is taken care of forever.
Everything you see that makes you think about the comics, I think you should read into it.
You have to believe in the arthouse, if you will - the emotion, the conflict, the who am I, which will always be an unanswered question. If you do it right, you have a smaller drama, and a great movie.