Lex Fridman: belief

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…Well, if it’s a line, it’s a line I cross all the time because I’ve tried always to find the humor, unexpected sometimes, maybe inappropriate sometimes, maybe shocking. But I’ve tried in I think almost every dramatic role I’ve had to have a sense of humor and to be able to bring that along with everything else that is serious, because frankly, that’s how we deal with stuff in life. I think Sam Mendes actually said in the now documentary, something like, With great theater, with great stories, you find humor on the journey to the heart of darkness,” something like this very poetic. But it’s true. I’m sorry. I can’t be that poetic. I’m very sorry.…

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