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You use your emotions to try and find them in the character that you're playing.

Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.

One of the ways that you reveal character is by getting a character into a situation and seeing what they do.

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.

Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.

Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.

I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

There are so many ways to approach a character. You have to figure out the similarities between you and the character, build on them, and at the same time, blur the dissimilarities. Since you do it day in and day out, it becomes a process and a part of you.

I approach things from my feeling first. I have to get a feel for the character. I'll do that through music; I'll do it through what is naturally popping up for me when I read the script. My ideas or whatever the occupation of the character might be.