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I'm a character actor at heart.

You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion.

One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart.

I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.

I've had a couple of people come up to me after screenings and say they kind of sympathized with the character. I always get a kick out of it when people say that. It means I did something maybe a little bit to the credit of the character.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.

As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

I've realized I have to be very careful in what I say. I speak my heart out. Such honesty is not appreciated in the film industry. Instead, it is twisted and distorted. A lot of what I say is lost in translation.