Ask not what the role can do for you; ask what you can do for the role.
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When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.
My criteria when looking for a role is that I will do anything that stands the chance of succeeding on the level it is intended to. After that, if it's a part I can do something personal with.
I do the best I can when I'm accepting the role to say, 'This is about as much as I can do, and if that's not suitable for you, then you should hire somebody else.'
If a role isn't different, it's not worth doing.
As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.
I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles.
I don't take roles that are 'just another role.' I'm interested in learning more about myself and about humanity. So it should change you by the time it's done.
There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.
I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for it to differ all the time, but I will try anything and do anything. If it's a role I connect with, I'll go for it, no matter what's involved.
Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.