You know, I once leased a Mercedes because I got a good deal on it because of my first name.

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this.

I find that once you find the sound and voice of this character you're playing, everything else follows. It comes right out of the fingertips eventually - the physicality, the gestures, the walk - for me.

You know, I once leased a Mercedes because I got a good deal on it because of my first name.

In some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps into place. You feel like the soul of this character is now dwelling in you.

But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.

I've always had facility with the German accent.