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Voices have always been my way into a character. I usually approach the voice first.

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

I'm much more comfortable speaking through my characters' voices than my own.

It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.

To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I'm good to go.

The voice is always the starting place for me with a character.

There's different ways of getting into character. There's what's called 'the outside,' in which is finding the physicality of the character first. To give an example, in 'Gettin' Square' - Johnny Spitieri - that's how I found that character. I knew those people that I'd seen up at Kings Cross. I knew how they sounded.

I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.

Trying to give an individual a voice has always kind of been my mission in my life. As an actor, I've always seen that was something that needed to be done. You need to find that voice inside of you so that you can stand up and be who you really are.

You have to show the character is confused or scared or happy through your voice instead of with your face and body.