I mean, obviously, you're continually humbled by the idea that, first, this is all acting, and it made you aware of just what this means if you have to do it every single day, and I was always amazed as I worked with people who had spinal injuries or were in wheelchairs, of the amazing dexterity with which they can get in and out of a car, or in and out of a swimming pool. And so I was trying to find a way to do that as well, and be active about it. And not always be sort of advertising the pain and the difficulty, which unquestionably FDR found at the beginning of his challenge. But he became really adept and adroit at using and maximizing what muscle power and what body movement he had.
And so thank goodness for people who were there reminding you that his legs turned out, and that you know... trying to walk, really, from your shoulders... very strange experience. And, in FDR's case, he worked hard to do it, because... you know, he wanted the public to see him as a vigorous individual. Some would argue that wasn't the right thing to do, but in the time in which he lived I think it was important that people did not in some prejudicial way, dismiss it. And so we've worked hard to do that. And, yeah, it was much more physical than I... at first thought. But it felt like... a very important part of the role.
