It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with.
“I have funny bones. If there's ever any kind of tension, I'll always be the one to try and be funny to loosen things up.”
“We promise you that we will not cede a single part of Palestine, we will not cede Jerusalem, we will continue to fight and we will not lay down our arms.”