Douglas Hodge

For a time, I really thought acting was just impersonating. But impersonation is just big brush strokes, really. What makes acting different is empathy. ”

I was doing a movie, 'Diana,' and I pulled aside the guy who was making the nose for Naomi Watts and said, 'I'm about to do 'Cyrano.' So he did various Photoshops of different looks that might work. I was really against any kind of 'Pinocchio' theater thing. The way that it's described in the play is this disfigurement. ”