Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

Hence the genius of having Ken steer this ship as well. You have to invest these characters with a Shakespearian quality and not in a way that might disengage the audience but in a way that actually lets you play to an audience.

Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.

History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect.

You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence.

I consider it an actor going to work with other actors. It's not a competitive sport, it's not to outact anybody else, sorta thing, you can be a bad actor but you don't outact anybody, you just bring your character as best as you can.

When many different voices send you in different directions, you can't listen to your own.