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"Eddington" star Joaquin Phoenix gets real about why he chooses to work with certain directors and not others
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00:00Will I be able to be around them for three months and, like, not hate them?
00:05Like, sometimes it really just comes down to, like, because you're spending, like, hours upon hours with somebody.
00:12And you're talking about things that are kind of happening in the world, in the world of the film, in the world at large, and your own personal experiences.
00:21And things can get heated and intense and also humorous and fun.
00:26And so you go through that, like, intense, condensed period, this relationship with somebody that's, like, really intense for three months.
00:35It's very simple with the director for me in that I just want somebody that, it seems obvious, but has a really unique vision, right?
00:44That they do something that no one else can do, that you can't replicate what they do.
00:50You can try, but it's never going to be the same, right?
00:52And so I think that's kind of the most important thing for me.
00:56And then can they find something in me that I haven't explored before, a different way that I might have in approaching a character?
01:04And are they going to find, are they going to be able to challenge me and elicit something from me?
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