I'm A Task-oriented Actor. A Pretender. And

With Theatre, You Have To Be Ready For Anything.

If You Know What It Is Before You Even Start, It's Not As Interesting. Central To Being An Actor Is Pretending, And The Adventure Of It All. That's Why You Become A Junkie For Different Kinds Of Situations. I Try To Attach Myself To People Who Really Inspire Me, And Directors Who Are Really Passionate. That Way, I Can Give Myself More Fully And Trust The Impulse Behind Why The Film Is Being Made, And I Can Be A Little More Irresponsible In Finding Out What The Character Is. I Have To Worry Less About What The Character Means If I Trust The Director.

When You Work On Anything, You Want To Find The Range Of Impulses - Which Ones Get Portrayed Is Another Question, But You Want To Have That Complexity And That Fullness, Even If You're Playing A Cartoon Character.

Film Is Fragmented And Gets Into Lots Of Other People's Hands. There Are A Lot Of Pleasures That Theatre Gives Me. You Get To Perform Uninterrupted.

The Midwest Isn't Somewhere You Mix With Those From The Performing Arts. But My Mum And Dad Would Go Off To Chicago Every So Often To See Shows. They Would Bring Back The Albums And The Movies, Those Little Eight Metres, And We Would All Watch. I Think That Was When I Fell In Love With Acting.