Even if the role is very far away from me, to try and make it as nakedly me as possible is an intriguing notion.

Even if the role is very far away from me, to try and make it as nakedly me as possible is an intriguing notion.

In some ways, you're always redefining your craft and figuring it out, but in some ways, I almost feel I'm going back to what I was doing 20 years ago.

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

Sometimes the work can get in the way and you give a less-good performance, and sometimes it doesn't and you can really get to the heart of something. And all the other stuff is just interesting and adds another layer to your performance. It helps you find the reality. Because you're not just playing yourself, you know? That would be kind of boring.

Children accept their world as the world. I grew up like kids that I went to school with. Their parents were either shrinks or actors.

Even when you think you can detach yourself from the characters, you don't. Because you're spending so much time trying to realize this person and make them real that they do infect you, in a way. And you do take them home and live with them, even if you think you're turning the character off. But in order to pull off a role convincingly, you wind up thinking about that person all the time, and it does sort of creep into you. And then there are things that you'll respond to, or react to in a very different way than you would normally.