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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 try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.

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.

What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out story.

I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories.

I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles.

There is a plethora of topics to explore. I sometimes think I may never live long enough to explore all of the unique story lines I have either in my head or waiting in my computer file.

The fiction I'm most interested in has lines of reference to the real world.