It's difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Shadowing is really a great way to learn how the entire TV-making mechanism works. I had the distinct pleasure of shadowing the gifted and talented Allison Anders, who taught me a great deal about the importance of collaboration and trusting the talent around you.
If you're doing television, you get to be a character for a long time, and the cast around you becomes like family. You get attached to playing that one character, and it's hard leaving them behind.
The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters.
It's hard to leave behind scenes and characters I am in love with.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow.
Having been in Hollywood as a shadow, as someone who is almost invisible, I can see fame for what it is.
Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.
Switching the public's perception and view of me was, and still is, kind of a challenge to get them to see me outside of a character that I played on TV for so long.
'Shadows' wasn't so difficult to get made.