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I do sometimes play characters that are a bit ambiguous. You've got to be brave about that sort of stuff. I like the sense of people not feeling too secure, not immediately knowing what they have in front of them.

I am not as confident as the characters I play. I am a bit aloof. I am uncomfortable in social situations.

Growing up, I was a very shy kid but I felt that being on stage or playing another character would somehow open me up. And I think it did.

It's so much easier for me to get up and be someone else than expressing my own thoughts and feelings. There's definitely something about creating a cloak of a character that helped me deal with my shyness.

There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another facet of my character, and I need to do that.

Honestly, I am a shy person.

I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.

Part of me is very shy.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.