“What was important was to trust - to be led through the dark by Angelina Jolie and then being touched by Zana Marjanovic, and doing the same for them. I'm so happy, and I'm so glad - this is the quality that makes The Land of Blood and Honey what it is - that in all these difficult scenes where I'm naked, not just physically but emotionally, we were able to achieve, without rehearsals, by just exploring the space.”
![“The physicality was important to me. Because the film has Shane Black's dialogue, and [Robert] Downey's delivery, and you look at [Jon] Favreau, Don Cheadle and Gwyneth [Paltrow], it is this heightened level with a comedic aspect to it. Everything is grounded in reality, but it plays a little…” quote by James Badge Dale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/470/james-badge-dale-16755_aspect_the-physicality-was-important-to-me-beca_183929.jpg){kind=icon}
![“We knew from the beginning the level of commitment needed. We felt honored to work with Stanley Kubrick. We were going to do what it took to do this picture, whatever time, because I felt - and Nic [Nicole Kidman] did, too - that this was going to be a really special time for us. We knew it would…” quote by Tom Cruise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dd0/tom-cruise-3523_commitment_we-knew-from-the-beginning-the-level-of_2769136.jpg)
