"Acting is about covering up traces of who you are and just being the character. I think it's easier to accept people in roles if you don't know a lot about them."

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One of the problems with the media covering this place is that there are stereotypes of news, one of which is "war rages" and the other is "peace dawns." And there isn't much in between. When I talk to foreign journalists, often they are gritting their teeth because they've been asked for a piece about how shops are reopening and restaurants are reopening and so forth - happy pieces. And it just ain't so.

— Patrick Cockburn