In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.
I've always played way older than my age. It's the experience behind my eyes or something.
I've always believed that if you are willing to play your age that you will work, so it's the thing of continuing to play your age and accepting it when you're younger and you suddenly realize, 'Oh, now I'm playing the mom,' 'Oh, I'm playing the grandma.'
Whether it's a blessing or a curse, I have always played someone like 10 years younger. When I was 23 or 24, I was playing 15 opposite Evan Rachel Wood in a movie called 'Pretty Persuasion.' She was 16 and nobody in a million years would have thought I was that much older than her.
If you ask any of my close friends, they know I always complain that I never get to play my age.
If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.
I am constantly playing younger. I have a baby face. I'm only five-foot-one, so I am used to playing younger. I love it.
I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.
I've always played characters that were younger than myself.
So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.