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I've become really good at turning down the boring, pretty girl roles, the trophy wife, supermodel, beautiful girlfriend roles. I mean, playing somebody who's perfect holds no allure for me, whatsoever. It's just boring.

I've actually got turned down for a lot of roles because I'm not bubbly enough. People have told me to be more 'up', but I can't, really. I find it hard to be smiley and giggly all the time.

I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I don't like.

I like roles that people don't recognize me in.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that.

I really only take roles that I love and that I have some kind of innate compulsion or need to tell that story. Although it's almost like I have no control over it. It's like they choose me.

I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest.

It's fun to get away from myself for a while when I take on these roles that have very different personalities from my own. I get to say things I normally wouldn't say or act in ways I normally wouldn't act. After all, such roles are more challenging because you really have to immerse yourself in the character.

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'.