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You're Watching Your Kids Playing Football And You're Not Present. It's Like The Worst... It's Horrible. I Despise Myself For It. I Think It's A Particularly Male Thing. Being Present And In The Moment With Your Kids Is Something A Lot Of Men Struggle With.

My Belief About Performance Capture Is That It's A Technology Which Allows Actors To Play Extraordinary Characters. But From An Acting Perspective, I've Never Drawn A Distinction Between Playing A Conventional, Live Action Character And Playing A Role In A Performance Capture Suit. And From A Purely Acting Point-of-view, I Don't Believe There Should Be A Special Oscar Category Because I Think It Sort Of Muddies The Waters In A Way.

My First Job When I Got My Equity Card Was Acting In 14 Plays Back-to-back. Playing That Many Roles, You Look For Ways Of Differentiating The Characters Physically, Which Goes Hand In Hand With Understanding Them Psychologically.

I'd Like To Think That We Strive In Film And Theatre To Tell Great Stories, And I Believe In The Power Of Storytelling In Our Culture.

In 'tintin,' It's Like A Live-action Role. You're Living And Breathing And Making Decisions For That Character From Page 1 To Page 120, The Whole Emotional Arc. In An Animated Movie, It's A Committee Decision. There Are 50 People Creating That Character. You're Responsible For A Small Part.