- It's just a sudden death, there's no signs of violence.
- No visible signs of violence.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio.
I love playing Max because he's certainly a lot more sophisticated than I am, intellectually gifted than I am.
Cumulative effect is to leave one numb.
- To what?
- Life.
He's a lot wittier than I am, as well.
- [Man] Anything, doc?
- Well, his head's in this room and his body's in that room, so that might have something to do with it.
He speaks very well, too.
Well, it looks to be a cap badge.
And I can be a little bit common in real life, actually.
(grunts) What a good boy am I?
I mean there are a lot of witticisms, and sometimes quite barbed and even acidic comments that he makes, but for me I try to remember that that comes from somewhere and I think the best humor often comes from a place of pain and melancholy and I think he's quite a lonely character, actually.
I feel that our characters certainly do have an affinity.
Ambulance, now.
I love to explore the different sides of him.
And there was a considerable loss of blood.
As an actor, sort of look at what motivates him, why did he choose to be a pathologist.
With Russell's writing, particularly in this series, you get to see a real humanity to Max.
And this is common, I think, amongst a lot of the characters in Endeavor.
There's a real decency, there's a real morality.
He's hopeful but he, well, he's not out of the woods yet.
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