"There's a reason why actors are always dying to work with the Coens. They just set the stage for you to do their best work."

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There should always be that leeway because if you think of your character as sort of absolutely fixed, then you just try and find actors to come and do exactly that thing, then you're not gonna be working with that actor's own set of internal impulses and who they are, so the best work is always a coming together of the actor and the character.

— Lenny Abrahamson