I Went To Meet Joe Johnston, The

What Happens Is Some Of The Characters I've Played Have Voices That Are So Different From My Own, That It Would Be Ridiculous If I Would Dip In And Out Of That Voice In Between Takes To Ask For A Coffee, Or Something. Or To Gossip About Whatever Was Going On.

I'm Very Fortunate That I Get Asked To Do Very Different Kinds Of Roles And I Realize How Much I Enjoy That. I Enjoy The Challenge Of Transformation. There Are Actors Who Play One Character, Or A Certain Kind Of Character, The Whole Of Their Lives. I Really Relish The Opportunity To Have The Challenge To Totally Transform.

I Went To Meet Joe Johnston, The Director, And He's Charming. I've Been Very Lucky. Most Of The Directors I've Worked With Are Charming. But Joe's A Particularly Charming Man, And He Showed Me Lots Of Designs And, Rather Memorably, Welcomed Me To The Marvel Universe.

You Come In As This Satellite Part Of The Film [catching Fire], So I Only See Stanley [tucci] In My Scenes. These Kinds Of Movies Have So Many Different Components; It's About As Different From Doing The Girl As You Could Imagine.

Often Jobs Are Un-turndownable Even Before You Read The Script. You Go, "well, I Have To Do That."