When you're playing the same character for a decade it's natural that there are moments when you want to try something new.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting as you get older because you've lived more life at different stages. You've loved; you've lost; you have more of that journey.
I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.
There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it makes room for all kinds of new characters.
I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.
The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
It could get saturated or monotonous if I would do the same characters again and again. That is why, to save myself from that feeling, I take time out to choose roles that excite me.
I've been really lucky to play sort of a diverse array of characters over my relatively short career, although it feels really long.
Each film and each character is a completely new set of challenges. It doesn't feel like you can rest on something you may have done well in the past.
I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to.
I always think that I love doing what I'm doing at the moment. The past is over. I can't go play one of those characters again. But I can play this and I can continue to grow in what I'm doing at the moment and that's really what I'm thinking about now.