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I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.

I think conflicted characters are always more interesting.

The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

Character development is conflict.

There starts to be an overlap between you and the character.

I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved. Characters are incidental.

Inner conflict is really fun to play because there's a lot going on, and the choices - when you've got a character with internal conflict - the choices you make have broader ramifications because they have inner ramifications and ramifications in the world.

The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict.

I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.