When people ask, 'What role are you dying to play?' I always say, 'The one being written for me right now.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
When you go in for any life rights, you always ask, 'Who would you have play this person, or who would you have direct?'
For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all.
My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.'
Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
When I take on a role, all I tend to do is get to know the script and ask millions of questions, and keep fine tuning what I think the character is trying to say.
When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.
The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.
I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.
Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.