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.

Im really bad at tests of any kind, so Im bad at auditions. I consider myself educated most of the time, but when Im under the gun, I just fail.

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

I was often getting hired to play sociopaths and psychopaths and stuff, which is really funny.

Basically, if I ever went and worked on a crime drama or something, it was usually just for the work.

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

Everyone's different. I mean, some people write journals for their characters and stuff, but that was never really my area.