But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.
I always try to make each character my own.
All of us want something in life, all of us have flaws, and all of us have strengths. So, I always try to discover those things in a character and then try to expose it in one way or another.
I like to think I put some of myself in every character.
I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.
My characters populate a big, vibrant world. Sometimes they rub shoulders. Sometimes they don't.
I brought my personality and sense of wonder and I think they wrote as much of my personality as they could. I do not go around kicking butt and saving the universe all the time but they tried to capture me as best as they could in the character.
There is a little bit of me in every part I do... I'm not really good enough to completely construct an all-new character.
When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are.
I've always felt that almost every part I've played has been a character part. I mean, I look at it that way. I can't help how I look or how I seem to people.