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When you shoot a film, you have very little time to waste, and I try to go into the character as soon as possible and stay there as much as I can.

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figure them out, so when you get the time to be yourself, you should take it.

When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.

I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.

You can say to actors that you've got to be the character and really get into it, but you have to make it realistic by bringing an element of yourself into it.

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.