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You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.

I do feel more towards certain characters who have depth and intelligence.

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.

I like to do on screen what I'm not in life. In life, I'm much more weak and insecure, and so then you know I like to play characters that are stronger than me.

People have these ideas of what you're supposed to do to have a career, like play against type, or don't revisit a character. I'm just not that precious.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

As with anything, you need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep the character interesting.

The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.