The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101.

The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

So, it's always different. Some stuff, you want to do because it's a part that you've never played. It's always for story. Sometimes there's a story that you really dig, but there's no part that you're interested in. Sometimes you read a story and you say, "I could do that. I've never done that before. I could do play that part.

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can't control it.