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[caesarflickermans]

I think quite honestly he is such an amazing actor and I felt--and I think everybody including all the other actors--felt really lucky to be working with him. And felt so blessed that he wanted to be a part of this. I learned a lot from him in terms of acting. Partly because his process is very external. Jen doesn't like to rehearse, doesn't like to talk about things, she's very instinctive, very intuitive. You can kind of talk with her after the fact, but not really before. What I really learned from him--it's kind of a masterclass in scene break down of emotional beats and relationships and dynamics. Watching him work and watching him grind a scene was really fascinating and I learned an immense amount from him. That's my big takeaway. — Francis Lawrence

I worked with him a lot. He was an extraordinary actor. I think one of the greatest of my generation. It was apparent the minute he started working. The first time I saw him was in Paul Thomas Anderson's movie Hard Eight, which was the film before Boogie Nights. He really stood out. His voice, his presence, his delicacy, and his accuracy of presentation. He was a tremendous actor and it's a great loss. — Julianne Moore

The first moment that pops in my mind was that he left me a voicemail after he saw Catching Fire. So my first time working with him was on Catching Fire and he only worked with us for two or three weeks or something. We were super super excited to work with him and he came in and he did he did a great job. He didn't bond really with everybody in the way that we thought. We obviously knew he was going through some stuff that we became much more open about later. But he saw the movie and he loved the movie and I remember you know he leaving me this voicemail about how much he loved the movie and sort of pledging how much harder he's going to work on the next ones to do an amazing job and I have to say I saved that voicemail for probably six years. I actually wish--I still wish--that I hadn't erased it, but I felt like it was time that I had to erase it. — Francis Lawrence