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A lot of other people seem to be very pressured about it, because the question seems to be coming up quite a bit. But I made this film before any of that stuff happened, and I think whether or not you win awards, at the end of the day you have to realize that you can't please everyone. Not everyone is going to love this film and not everyone is going to love the other films that I do. So the pressure for me is just to find material that I truly feel as an actor is something that keeps me on my toes and makes me grow as an actor and where I don't become lazy and just kind of do the easy stuff.
Do you feel under the microscope? What do you make of Halle Berry's post-Oscar choices?
I want to hear someone tell me what the right choices are. If Catwoman isn't the right choice or her doing a Bond film, then what is the right choice? The great thing about this job is that it's a gamble. I don't think that any actor sets out to go make a crappy movie. You just don't have power over those things.
Did you get to take any time off after winning your Oscar?
I took some time off right before the Oscars and just kind of disappeared. Then after the Oscars, I took a little more time off. It's been nice. So I don't feel like I'm becoming a workhorse or anything like that. It's important for me to kind of run away and disappear for a certain amount of time.
In a lot of your films you look very different. How important is it to change your looks?
It's a tool. If I feel that I need to physically go through a transformation to play a character, it's something that helps me. So why wouldn't I do it? It's also a great excuse to cut your hair off and change it, and if it doesn't look good, you can always say, "Well, it's for a part."
Are you and Stuart very politically minded?
We're very much, yeah. We're both whatever liberal means anymore today. It's a very bad word these days. But we're very good at debating the whole picture, which is nice. It's great because he's got a European perspective on it, and I'm not an American, but at the same time, I've made America my home and feel very American.
Are you going to become a citizen?
I'm trying to, yeah.
Are you going to be one before the election?
No. (Laughs)
