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In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

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.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you discover the character.

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.

All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me.

I've always felt that almost every part I've played has been a character part. I mean, I look at it that way. I can't help how I look or how I seem to people.

I'm just a character actor.

I think, for every actor, the most challenging part of playing a character, specially a real-life character, is to convince yourself that you are the character.