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Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

If I played characters who were like me, I'd be super bored.

I don't really get a buzz from playing characters that are similar to me 'cause that's not acting to me.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting.

I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me.

There are so many characters I want to play. I'm greedy about acting.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.