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When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand.

You have to figure out what's important and keep the main points, though I will swing a little outside the box. It affords me the freedom to find out who the character is, and it's been a positive technique for me. I'm not saying everyone should change words, but if you can do it with confidence, you may nail it.

I try to give each performance my own soul, to bring a truth to my character. Hopefully, when I bring that much truth to a character, it resonates with somebody, and it sparks some kind of emotion in them.

I've realized I have to be very careful in what I say. I speak my heart out. Such honesty is not appreciated in the film industry. Instead, it is twisted and distorted. A lot of what I say is lost in translation.

I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes and try to feel everything they feel.

It's how I express myself - through storytelling and characters. They often reveal very intimate, vulnerable sides of myself.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

I usually look at things like that from an audience perspective first, then have a closer look at the specific character they're talking about me for.