Dreyfuss Suggests He Channeled Inner 'Hitler' to Play Dick Cheney

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BEHAR: Now, you played a bad guy in "Red" and you also played a bad guy in "W," one of my favorite movies. So funny.

DREYFUSS: Which you said I would never do. He would never do that. He would never play Dick Cheney. He's a liberal.

BEHAR: I was wrong. I was wrong. But was it hard to play Dick Cheney?

DREYFUSS: It's a big person --

BEHAR: Where did you find in yourself -- because I know that you`re not a fan of Cheney. I know that.

DREYFUSS: I'm not a fan of Cheney's.

BEHAR: OK. Where did you find it in yourself to go down and find that satanic spot that we all know so well?

DREYFUSS: Are you leading me somewhere? First of all, every actor likes the play bad guys.

BEHAR: Yes.

DREYFUSS: And it just so happen in the last few years I played all Republican bad guys.

BEHAR: Oh, yes.

DREYFUSS: That's just a coincidence. And to play Dick Cheney, all I had to do was find my Dick Cheney. And you can find all the villainy in the world in your own heart, and that`s what an actor`s job is.

BEHAR: That`s right.

DREYFUSS: I always say to kids, inside you is Hitler and Jesus. And you got to find the appropriate person and bring them out.