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The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for in characters: ones that have a wide range of expression.

As an actor, I'm constantly striving to find the darkness in the lighter characters and the lightness in the darker characters.

I think conflicted characters are always more interesting.

I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think there is some kind of sweeter, softer side to it.

The important thing for me when I look at characters is to consider the kind of constraints placed upon them. Now, me personally, I don't like to have a lot of constraints placed upon me.

The darker the character, the more interesting.

I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.

I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best.

I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.