To be honest, I don't usually do very much research, especially if I'm working with a director who also wrote the screenplay. They've usually done a tonne of research. And they'll tell you about it from their perspective which is better than doing your own research.

I can be stupid sometimes.

I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like - ugh, you might as well kill yourself.

Working in television it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it. You have more time, more room, an ability to reflect on your performance and the character and how much has really been shown, and what you'd like to see. It's nice. You have more breathing room.

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.

Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.

Real tears are not those that fall from the eyes and cover the face, but those that fall from the heart and cover the soul.