You need to try to find a way to humanize your villains. Genuine villains, in real life, still have mothers and daughters and sisters, and they fall in love. They don't walk around with a big sign saying, "Bad guy," on their head. They think they're good guys. If you can play that, I think it makes it more interesting.
I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever really seen me play villains. - Mark Strong
I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever really seen me play villains.
- Mark Strong
I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant o… - Mark Strong
I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant o…
The Peugeot is a very unthreatening car. - Mark Strong
The Peugeot is a very unthreatening car.
I just invited close friends and family, the usual suspects whose opinion I value but who I know will enjoy the film [Before I Go To Sleep]. I don't … - Mark Strong
I just invited close friends and family, the usual suspects whose opinion I value but who I know will enjoy the film [Before I Go To Sleep]. I don't …
I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and … - Mark Strong
I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and …
I've put my friends and family through the wringer over the years, I have to say, by doing unspeakable things to people, not the least of which was p… - Mark Strong
I've put my friends and family through the wringer over the years, I have to say, by doing unspeakable things to people, not the least of which was p…
And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having child… - Mark Strong
And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having child…
Rowan Joffe is very specific. I mean, he wrote it as well and he has a very orderly writer's mind and the same applies to his directing. - Mark Strong
Rowan Joffe is very specific. I mean, he wrote it as well and he has a very orderly writer's mind and the same applies to his directing.
I loved making The Imitation Game and it's really gratifying to hear the audience's response to the character that I play. It was just a little thing… - Mark Strong
I loved making The Imitation Game and it's really gratifying to hear the audience's response to the character that I play. It was just a little thing…
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