“I saw parallels to what I was going through in my own life, with my own marriage.”
Well, I’m married to a Korean American woman, so there’s that. It’s about feeling like an outsider and that there’s a piece of your partner that you’ll never quite fully understand. My wife’s not an immigrant, but her folks, they came from Korea. My immigrant story is over 100 years old. So I don’t have that. I am so deeply American at this point, and I don’t speak Italian. I don’t speak Hebrew. I don’t have that piece of me anymore.
I really enjoy playing supporting roles. I consider myself to be a character actor in the purest sense of the word. John Cazale is one of my favorite actors. I love him. And I think there’s something to it, being able to service the story and being able to support the leads and not selfishly take away the spotlight in a way, to be able to truly serve the story. And it can be tough.
But I also think, because this is an immigrant story, that white-guy factor is a way in. It’s important because that white male perspective has been what cinema has been about for so long. So I think it is kind of a subversive element to make that the supporting role looking in on this immigrant experience. Arthur, in some ways, functions as the “typical” American viewer. I thought it was kind of cool to get to function as that role.
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