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Ethan Hawke

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

The Difference Between Leading Man and Character Actor

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I read that when you worked with Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2006, you realized that what made him so great was his experience playing smaller parts. I started seeing the possibilities of there's a difference between the job of leading man and the job of a character actor. And fascinatingly enough, the job of the character actor is extremely challenging because you have to facilitate the story. Then you get laser focused about it.

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