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The Great Creators with Guy Raz
The Importance of Being Like the Character
You can't act a character and be convincing unless you find things in yourself that are like the character. I mean, if I was going to play Hitler, I would really want to dominate the world. And not only would I want these things that the character wants, I'd feel I was entitled to get them. We all have everybody in us, some more than others.
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