mamet offeredid role, i played a provocateur in that, as well.rlie: you think that is more interesting to you? james: i think i've spent a long time -- it is evidence looking at the clips we looked at. i spent my career growing into myself physically and growing into the character actor that i really wanted to be right from the very beginning. but i did not look like that particularly when i was young. so i played bad guys and i played this and that. i think i eventually grew into "lincoln" was a great example of that. i could've played that character in "lincoln" for months and months. i really love playing that character a lot. charlie: why? james: i just liked his company a great deal. charlie: you liked being in his skin? james: i did. he had a great lust for life and was doing something very important that i think he felt was very important. and yet, he did it with utter irreverence. and i think i probably looked for that quality in the show that i'm on. raymond reddington. when one is committing to a television series, it is a significant c