As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.
You can't just look at the side of something that you want to see. You have to look at the whole round object and understand that there are parts of it that you don't like.