In 'Garden Party' or '40 Days and 40 Nights,' I played characters who people don't necessarily like; I just find some humanity in them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If I played characters who were like me, I'd be super bored.
I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.
I just always gravitate toward the kind of characters or people that maybe you don't want to talk to for a long time at a party, but you do like to watch what they're doing.
Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.
I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters, no heroes and bad guys.
A lot of people get stereotyped into roles just from how they look, and I have played such a variety of characters.
I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.
'24 Hour Party People' was a comedy, and I knew that from the beginning.
I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.
I've always been quite an eccentric character. I love going out and partying; I'm a very sociable creature.