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The art of transformation is a very important thing to me, and I always believe I can say something more truthful through characters that are further away from me.

I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.

I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform.

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

A lot of people get stereotyped into roles just from how they look, and I have played such a variety of characters.

As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.

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

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.