You know, I’ve got to be honest with you: at first it was just a physical thing. When Rodriguez first asked me to play Marv, I went and got the comic-book.

I had a session with my therapist and, after looking at the comic-book, he said, “That looks like you many years ago.” And I said, “They still see me like this.”

I remember the day when I was just sitting on my own in an empty house that I didn’t even own and everything that I loved, thought I loved, was gone. And I can remember looking in the mirror and looking at a guy that looked like Marv. Back then, if I walked into a restaurant, everyone would whisper. And I didn’t want that in my life anymore...

But I had fun playing Marv. It’s one of the performances I’m most proud of.