City Of Angels

Kushner: But the great trap is that when you fall in love with the Devil you're recapitulating the fall of the human race. That's why we fall.

Thompson: And that's the point. It's so fascinating. You desperately want to be with him.

Nichols: There is something to be said for the idea that one of the actor's main jobs is to make the best possible case for the character. Al does that playing a villainous person.

Streep: I always loved that idea--defending a character from the judgments that are made right off the bat. We certainly did with Hannah, the Mormon mother who's lost in New York. You make a decision about this character that maybe she's someone who's ignorable. In an airport you see millions of these ladies in mauve coats with white hair and features that sort of blend into their clothing. They're like walking errata. They're lost, you can't find them, and you wouldn't be interested in them. But Tony's interested in Hannah and the possibility of her, the size of her journey. And this one [points toPacino]. I mean, you took this character who is so reprehensible, and... even I was touched.

Really?

Streep: No. [Laughter]