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Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.

I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I have to find something in them to relate to.

I'm always looking for complicated characters in fiction about whom I can feel a dozen feelings at once - in the space of a single paragraph, even.

I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.

I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for in characters: ones that have a wide range of expression.

I look for characters that offer me opportunities to explore some aspect of the human condition. I think a lot of actors would say that and would look for that. I've been lucky enough to find projects that let me do that.

I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock.

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.