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I think I've been good at getting into lonely and troubled characters because, not to brag, but I'm the complete opposite in real life.

I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

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.

Since I think I am very boring in normal life, I tend to hide behind all these exciting characters, making people believe that I am someone else entirely. That feeling is very powerful.

I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

At times it's been weird because for the first phase of my career, I've been really well-known for a character that I was so not like and a character I never anticipated doing.

I mean, I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.

I immerse myself in everything I write; I feel what my characters do. I suffer with them. I cry as I type, sometimes to the point that I can't see the screen.