I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
I was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I have no character.
I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked on to the stage he was fully born.
I feel really lucky that I’ve been able to play not just creepy but kind of gross female characters as well. Maud is really quite icky and also does pretty strange things, but you feel so free when you’re doing it.
I despise those prick actors who say, “I was in character,” and “I became the character,” and all that stuff. It’s hideous. It’s just masturbation at the highest level.
I am always keen to play characters that are complicated and who represent real women and not just there to serve a man’s story. I want the characters I play to be truthful to the women I know. And the person I am.
Don’t even wait until you’ve lost a pound. The minute you can push the plate away with food still on it, give yourself a pat on the back.
Anytime you approach a new season of any show it’s fun because you have a newfound history with these characters.
A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.
A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse.
