I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.
Giancarlo EspositoThe beauty of the unexpected and unknown, and it's certainly very tantalizing for me as an actor. Other actors can't deal with that; they want to know, but then they make choices and decisions with that knowledge because that knowledge gives them forethought, and they can think about how they want to play something that takes away spontaneity of what they could be doing.
Giancarlo EspositoWhen you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.
Giancarlo Esposito