Russell Crowe

They go, I want to do this kind of role.

I want to be perceived like that.

But for me, that's not what I pursue.

I pursue character.

And I only, it's very practical.

I don't get to choose from everything.

I only get to choose from what's sent to me.

So from within what is sent to me, I always try to look

for fresh ground.

People will ask me, why would you play that kind of character?

It's like the bottom line is because I didn't do it before.

Why do you want to play Herman Goering?

Because nobody's offered it to me in the past.

And it's a fascinating character.

Yeah, it's a dangerous character.

And there's a lot of stuff that goes into being able to play a character like that.

But that danger is part of the...

excitement of the job yeah and it's not always going to be that way sometimes you're playing a character that doesn't really require a lot from you but you've got to play the weight of the character you know you can't just sort of suddenly make your new york detective act like a superhero because you feel like being a superhero

so it's sort of like you know you just play the weight of what's required and then every now and then you know you play a character that sort of has a a principle sort of role in the narrative or is the focus of the narrative but the decision to take on the weight of playing a character that's a Nazi the second in charge that's what was that that's heavy right yeah yeah but

That thrill comes from that thing of saying this challenge is so big, I don't know if I can do this.