“Well, I say to them: if that’s the difference between me and my family having a good life and walking and using the subway everyday then so be it.” It’s not an easy scene for a lead actor to carry, and Spacey does it remarkably well.
“Some people say that Jack Abramoff moves to quickly, that Jack Abramoff cuts corners,” he explains. There’s something simultaneously pathetic and charming about Abramoff, a guy who feels the need to justify himself to his reflection every morning, tooth brush in hand. Spacey seems to immediately get the character, and to implicitly understand him. We join Kevin Spacey as Jack Abramoff, brushing his teeth in the mirror in the morning.
