I was very careful to cast guys who were very good-looking and very fit and who had a certain sense of privilege about them, because with that sense of privilege comes contempt.
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I make movies I want to see.
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I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes.
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Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.
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It's just often more interesting to write about one or more people who are being awful to other people because it makes for exciting, dramatic fare.
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You start as an audience member and create a world you're interested in, and then you move into the telling of those stories, bringing what has interested you as an audience member.
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