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There are so many ways to approach a character. You have to figure out the similarities between you and the character, build on them, and at the same time, blur the dissimilarities. Since you do it day in and day out, it becomes a process and a part of you.

I approach things from my feeling first. I have to get a feel for the character. I'll do that through music; I'll do it through what is naturally popping up for me when I read the script. My ideas or whatever the occupation of the character might be.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.

I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out story.

I usually look at things like that from an audience perspective first, then have a closer look at the specific character they're talking about me for.

Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.

You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.

One exercise I always do when I'm getting to know a character is ask her to tell me her secrets. Sit down with a pen and paper, and start with, 'I never told anybody...' and go from there, writing in the voice of your character.

Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.