I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Because of the pace of daytime, you don't necessarily have time to work every detail of your character, so you have to bring a lot of it yourself.
Getting in and out of a character takes its own time for me.
Doing the same character over and over, it gets boring.
If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method.
Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.
I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else.
In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.
I've sort of dealt with the characters' lives more; particularly the women characters.
It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going.
I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.