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I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me.

I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.

As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figure them out, so when you get the time to be yourself, you should take it.

It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am known for doing game shows.

I never wanted to play a character that hated herself. I wanted people to know that those aren't the only roles for people like me, normal girls.

It's my privilege to be able to play somebody not myself. I'm an actor who creates characters based in voice, movement, emotional quality, speech.

I don't need much of a character in my life. I've already got one; my family knows who I am, and I don't have a reason to make an impression on the world around me unless it's in a professional context. Acting is not a personal experience; it's a job.

I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.