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The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.

I do not believe that with a fictional character you can force yourself too far away from yourself. There has to be some of you in it.

Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while.

Everything else outside me seems far, far away.

I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.

If you don't have those moments where you go too far, then you're probably not going far enough.

I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family.

I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do something else. I would rather travel than arrive.

The distance, being far away from your home, from your family, that's not easy. There are times when you say, 'Wow, what a fight, what a battle.'

I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.