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I do build my own backstory as an actor. It's important to know where your characters have come from in order to know where they're going - in order to exist in that state of being.

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

I do have characters who are more well known than I am, which suits me fine.

I'm about my characters.

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

I try to talk about things I know about. But my characters are more of a combination of people or how I imagine people would feel.

I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.

All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to change the character a little bit in case your friend or your relative reads the book, because you don't want them to know you wrote about them... They might get mad.