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I really believe in the characters I play.

You have to believe that you are the character or the thing or whatever the hell you're playing.

In order to make characters real - no matter what the character is doing - you have to see yourself as capable of having done that.

I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.

I think that you have to find a piece of yourself in every role you play. If you don't believe what you're doing, you cannot expect anyone else to believe it.

The beauty of performance for me is finding details with which to betray character.

Acting is very much like a child making believe. I'm not one to become a character, but I fall in love with the character. It's like having faith; you're going to be that person for a while.

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you've experienced.