Sometimes I like to think it would be nice if you just had a character, and your personal life was your personal life. My life is definitely out there, you know?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.
Of course I have a personal life.
I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level.
I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine.
After I play every character, I always walk away and feel a little different. I've experienced something that's not my life, but I've made it my life.
I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.
In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.
There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and 'live' with the characters.
My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.
I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.