You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities.

They're not dogs [poodles], they're art.

Sometimes I say things that I can't believe came out of my mouth. Or I won't mean something and it will come out completely nonsensical.

I have two cats at home in Minnesota with my family. Beau and Skippy

When something is troubling me, people know about it

But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24

The psych up comes from knowing what I can both give and get from each role. I get a lot personally from each character I play that I am able to carry over into my everyday life.