I feel that as a writer and as a performer too. I never really thought about backstory for characters. It was much more of a musical approach: You learn a melody, and then you sing it, I suppose, or you find a rhythm or a cadence that works for the material. And then it's sort of about hitting that note correctly and finding those beats.

I was watching Orson Welles and Jean Vigo films at a ridiculously young age.

Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material.

To spend 36 hours or 48 hours of my life binge-watching something seems insane to me.

I'm not really often recognized - not really. Or if I am, nobody cares enough to come and tell me that they recognize me.

I think I was always interested in darker characters just because there was a lot more to do.

I did all sorts of cartoons and stuff. And every once in a while I still do. It's rare, but it happens.