If it's a really well written villain, he probably has more layers than the archetypal good person. So that would be very attractive to an actor. No one chooses to be a villain; it's usually a reaction to something else.
Ben KingsleyI think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller, the priest, the healer, were all one person in one body. That person used to weave stories at night around a small fire to keep the tribe from being terrified that sun had gone down.
Ben KingsleyAs an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
Ben KingsleyI honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.
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