They were all risks. Then I switched to a romantic picture like The American President after all the dark roles. I've really tried to do a spectrum of work. When people see my name, they don't know what to expect. You seem to gravitate toward the bad guys.
Audiences tend to love bad guys.
Niceness and kindness is not rewarded as much as drama. We all try to be civil in real life, but there's a part of us that admires unequivocal evil tendencies. I thought, oh God, another not very nice, despicable character. I liked the sense of eventually trying to bring some humanity to this person. It's a morality tale for a nonreligious kind of guy, and I like morality tales.