Morgan Freeman can't comprehend actors who take characters home with them after a long day of shooting a movie - because such an 'Othello Syndrome' would drive him mad.
The Oscar winner insists he wouldn't have been able to live with himself while he was shooting Se7en with then-real-life couple Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow if he didn't switch off when he left the set.
He says, "Actors sometimes have what is called the Othello Syndrome, which is where they get so caught up in their roles that they take the character offstage or home with them.
"I never do that because I don't confuse movies with reality.
"I knew that, as distasteful as the murders were in Se7en, when the director said 'Cut' the victims would get up, get cleaned up and go about the rest of their day."
Morgan Freeman is back on the big screen later this month with his new movie Red, which sees him team up with Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich.
And the actor has a couple of projects in the pipeline including Dolpin Tale, which sees him reunite with ashley Judd, and the third Batman movie.
Red is released 22nd October.
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