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I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes you can't relate to your character at all. I think it's important to keep the audience interested. But the best advice that I've gotten is to live in the moment.

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare.

I try not to identify too strongly with any of my characters. I like to stand back and see them objectively. I think this is why I often use boys instead of girls, just in case I get too close and lose the overall picture.

I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the character for the audience rather than to present it to the audience for their enjoyment and them to mull over the questions that the characters present.

I try to really focus on the actors I'm working with and kind of read and respond to their behavior.

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

You have to be aware of who you're talking to in an audience.

I've always felt that almost every part I've played has been a character part. I mean, I look at it that way. I can't help how I look or how I seem to people.

Sometimes, I think I may be more recognizable because I'm character-looking.