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It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.

Sometimes I like to think it would be nice if you just had a character, and your personal life was your personal life. My life is definitely out there, you know?

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned.

There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and 'live' with the characters.

After I play every character, I always walk away and feel a little different. I've experienced something that's not my life, but I've made it my life.

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.

If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.