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I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

Actually, my character needs to be questioned. On a regular basis. By people who know and love me.

I'm constantly thinking about the role, and there's an infinite amount of questions you can ask yourself about a character to the point that it's hard to find the boundaries of when to not work.

I'm about my characters.

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their point of view, why they say what they do. And not, 'Oh, but I would never say that. Why does the character say that?' But then making it as personal as possible.

I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people.

Characters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point.

For 'Game of Thrones,' I realized immediately that it was about the characters.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.