There's So Much Confidence And Freedom That

I Like As Much Time As I Can Get And I'll Do Whatever I Think Is Helpful To Prepare For A Role. Sometimes It's Practical Research, Meaning If I Had To Write Shorthand, I'd Learn How To Write Shorthand. Or If I Have To Know How To Dance A Certain Way, I Would Learn That. And Then There's Just Research Of Talking To People Similar To The Characters I'm Playing. And There's Stuff That I Just Feel Is Inspiring, Whether It Be Music Or A Painting Or A Photograph. I've Used A Lot Of Nan Goldin's Photos In The Past To Inspire Me. I Use Certain Paintings And Pieces Of Music.

Even If The Role Is Very Far Away From Me, To Try And Make It As Nakedly Me As Possible Is An Intriguing Notion.

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.

I Used To Hang Out By The Food Table At Parties Because You Don't Have To Talk To Anybody. If You Do Then You Can Talk About The Food.

I'm A Typical Middle Child. I'm The Mediator. The One That Makes Everything Ok, Puts Their Own Needs Aside To Make Sure Everybody's Happy. It's Hard To Change Your Nature, Even With Years And Years Of Therapy.