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A different script calls for different things. It always takes me a long time to get to know the part, and know the logic behind the words. I have to be with the script for quite a long time before things start to fall into place, before they become part of the character.

I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.

I feel character description from a book can mislead you and actually make you fall off course when you're representing a character using a script.

When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.

You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking.

The first thing, when I read the script, is that I need to care about what happens and feel compelled by the story and engaged by the characters. It needs to resonate with me, even if what the characters are going through is not something that I have experienced in my life. I have to feel like it has some sort of meaning to me.

With acting, when you're reading a script, you're regurgitating someone else's words. There's a whole part of your brain that's off duty.

Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.

I always tend to see, right after reading the script, the character and how I want to play it. I guess that's sort of most of the work, preparing for the role, but almost the creation of the character seems to go on as I read through the script.