It's hard to tell what people realize. Everybody's different and has a different understanding of the difference in times.

I really like trying to find the roles that are actually really meaningful to me.

There's a whole language to movement and how you embody someone, and how you can use different techniques for different characters. I guess just posture, and the way you walk, and the way you physically are. All of that says a lot about who someone is.

I don't consider myself a starlet or a Hollywood person.

The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable.

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.

Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a visual artist and photographer and my dad is, too. My mum, I must credit for showing me good films. With my career, my parents were great and though they were a little wary, maybe, of the acting ambitions they have always been supportive.