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When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character.

Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you've experienced.

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.

It's fun to get away from myself for a while when I take on these roles that have very different personalities from my own. I get to say things I normally wouldn't say or act in ways I normally wouldn't act. After all, such roles are more challenging because you really have to immerse yourself in the character.

When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he's going to do.

When I take on a role, all I tend to do is get to know the script and ask millions of questions, and keep fine tuning what I think the character is trying to say.

Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'

I try to allow the spirit of the character to live through me. That's the only way I know how to approach acting. I have to live it.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.