Even If The Role Is Very Far

I Loved Acting As A Kid Because I Was Kind Of Shy, So It Brought Me Out Of Myself.

I've Never Done Anything That I Felt Was Crossing The Line For Me. But Everybody Has To Make That Decision Individually. Like, I've Never Shot Heroin To Play A Heroin Addict. I've Never Turned A Trick To Play A Prostitute. Whatever. You Draw The Line Where You Feel It Could Be Harmful.

For Me, Something Dangerous Would Be Playing Thebabe In A Huge Studio Film. That Would Be Terrifying Because I'dstink... I Want To Explore Human Beings On As Deep A Level As I Can.

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.

People Equate Success With Youth. And If You Haven't Had A Certain Amount Of Success By A Certain Time In Your Life, It's Never Going To Happen. There's A Fear About That. So People Start Lying About Their Age Really Young. I've Never Done That Because I Think It's So Insignificant.