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Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then it's completely up to you to come up with something that is interesting to the story and myself as an actor.

As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.

A novel that features real people is complicated, but in the end, that extra challenge is all for the good.

The most challenging and exciting aspect is the outline and formation of the plot points. This is the stage where the notion of the story begins to take shape, and I can see glimpses of what is to come.

It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

I think the plasticity of the novel is its greatest challenge. There are no rules; there is no necessary form. You can know what you want it to be, or do, and still not know how to write it. There are endless possibilities, infinite choices. What voice should it be in? What events to start with? What characters will be part of it?

Everyone is complicated one way or another. But it's interesting to dig into a complicated character, to try to find that within yourself.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

A playwright who limits himself - or is limited - to a handful of characters is forced to concentrate on the essentials of the situation that he has chosen to portray.

I believe strongly that characters are five-dimensional, and they're complicated, and life is complicated, and people are complicated.