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I've actually met quite a few of my heroes from the past.

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

Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while.

If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.

I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!

I'm about my characters.

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.

I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but I've never been that kind of screen presence who can do nothing. I need to do something.