because i saw a shot over your shoulder of me as mack beth, a bad man, mass murderer, cruel, child killere fact is, although i have never done any of those things, the potential for that lies inside me. so when i play that character, i find that potential in me. so it is as if these things might have happened or might have become patrick stewart. so it's always an expression of myself and the actors i most admired in my life. you take jack nicholson. i know it's true. i met him once. nice guy. but if you want to know about jack nicholson, you'll start with his first movie, "easy rider," go to "five easy pieces" watch his movies, and that's how you know about jack nicholson. all these variety of characters, but it is the man inside that speaks through the work that he does, and that has always been, for me, the kinds of acting that most excited and interested me. i didn't know in the beginning. i didn't know that i was attracted to the man inside the performance. >> you're submerging so deeply and i'm trying to stay with you. the deeper you negotiation i'm trying to submerge -- go, i'm try