I wouldn't say one is easier or more difficult, but when you're inside a costume and a mask, you have to endure heat - and, often, difficulty seeing. The vision is not very good in a mask. And you have to cope with that, as well as trying to think about this character.
“I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.”
“Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.”