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" I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. I was a little bit different. "

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" Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. "

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" My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model. "

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" I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it's a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other. "

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