In my experience, it's usually up to the actor how a character is portrayed.

Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

The bad guy always gets the best scene and the best lines in the film, and they usually get the most days off.

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

It's fun to see the light in someone's eyes. It's fun to give your own eccentric experience and have it land. That's fun.

Jaws, first time I saw it, I forgot I was in it. True. Totally forgot, and got as scared as everybody else, and it's a great movie.

I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance.