I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.
From Michael C. Hall
My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.
For me, it was more a dramatic shift to go from the stage to the screen.
Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over.
I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world.
I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.
People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.
I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing.
I certainly know there are people in positions of power in the business who lack imagination and, perhaps as a result of that, think of me as 'David'. But I wouldn't really want to work with those people, you know?
Ultimately, I'm a mess. I don't mean I'm a mess, like, emotionally - I mean, I think probably everybody's a mess. David's a mess. But. I'm talking about... I'm messy.
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