The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything. Ray Stevenson More Quotes by Ray Stevenson More Quotes From Ray Stevenson The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything. That's the genuis of having Ken Branagh here as well. Shakespeare doesn't require you to have a doctorate in his language or whatever to understand him. It just has to be directed and played right. It's all about scale and presence and getting these huge, epic stories across. Ray Stevenson epic stories way When you're wearing jeans there's a shift in your center of gravity. A costume like this and a character like this, there's no way to hide. If you try and play him any way sort of modern or normal, you diminish. He's larger than life. He's 150 percent. You've got to go for it all the time. It was just impossible. Ray Stevenson jeans play character For me, because I've had classical theater training, when people say, "Oh, my god, the play is amazing!," I'll never get to see it because I'm in it. Ray Stevenson training play people If the project piques my interest and scares me a little bit, then it's got me hooked. Ray Stevenson pique scare littles The weird thing is, in America, people were saying, "You're not going to get recognized because all you're going to see is basically your forehead and eyes." Ray Stevenson eye america people As an actor, I relish and delight in doing things that I'm not necessarily the demographic for. This is a demographic that is touching the psyche of a certain age group, facing the real internal questions of people who are going through rites of passage into adulthood. It's earth-shaking stuff. Ray Stevenson touching real people I'm Volstag and what you see is what you get. He's a bon vivant lover of life epicurean goodfellow. He's a god, which helps. He's full of life. He reminds me very much of Falstaff. There's a wonderful innocence to him and the steadfast loyalty of a big Saint Bernard dog. Ray Stevenson saint loyalty dog I like bringing little subtle complexities to a character. It's all about the subtext. No one can really describe or fully know another human being, even if they get a hook on them. It's more about instinctively knowing whether you like somebody or not. Ray Stevenson hook knowing character They're {Marvel] the ones who have went out and bought the comic book whenever it came out. They're the real investors. They serve them. Having a chance to be part of that Marvel Universe is just - well, it is what it is. It's just fantastic. Ray Stevenson chance real book I consider it an actor going to work with other actors. It's not a competitive sport, it's not to outact anybody else, sorta thing, you can be a bad actor but you don't outact anybody, you just bring your character as best as you can. Ray Stevenson actors sports character When many different voices send you in different directions, you can't listen to your own. Ray Stevenson different-voices voice different I didn't want people to go out wanting to go tool up against the bad guys (and at impressionable ages). I said, don't shy away from the violence or pull back on this, commit to this. Ray Stevenson guy age people [Pirates] are a victim of their own success. People have identified with pirates in a comic and caricature sense. Ray Stevenson pirate victim people I don't think you see a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, for example. And even with the accents. Ray Stevenson pirate example thinking It really reminds me of the great movies of the 30's and 40's with huge sets and voluminous fireplaces you could walk around in. Glazed floors. I was expecting a Busby Berkley dance number. Big fanfare and all the girls coming out. I'd have joined in. It's got that scale, you know? Ray Stevenson expecting girl numbers The pamphlets going back to London telling of the violent derring-dos of the Bahamian pirates were the ones that brought infamy to the names of Charles Vane and Blackbeard. How much of that is really documented history? It carries a flavor with it, but take all this with a pinch of salt. Ray Stevenson flavor pirate names History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect. Ray Stevenson journalist written mean It's all about the integrity of their characters. They [Marvel] care so much about the loyalty and integrity of each and every character and all of their stories. They trust and love their readership. They're the ones who have invested in these stories. Ray Stevenson loyalty integrity character Working at night helps people focus in on this crazy little bubble you've created, wherever you are filming. It doesn't matter where the location is, the world doesn't exist outside this bubble. And everyone is trapped inside. Ray Stevenson you crazy night people
