CODY FERN

I don't know how to play a character unless I love him.

I would do anything for Ryan Murphy, absolutely anything.

I grew up in a town with just under three hundred people in Western Australia. When you think about being six hours outside the second most isolated city in the world, which is Perth, and then you think about the town that I'm from, which is called Southern Cross, acting is not a possibility.

I told my agent that I wouldn't do TV unless it was Ryan Murphy, 'House of Cards,' or HBO.

There are people in positions of power that are righteous about what they believe: they're enacting out evil principles, but they don't believe that that's what they're doing.

I love everything about Benedict Cumberbatch because he's so intelligent and talented.

The thing about working on a Ryan Murphy TV show is that he has such an extraordinary collective of artists, so everyone is really like a family.

I've known since I was about six that I wanted to be an actor, but I grew up in a very small country town, and it was just not something that was possible.

I'm not a religious person, but I read the Bible many years ago.

I've tried to shut myself off as much as possible from the hype of 'War Horse,' and just thought, 'OK, I'm going to focus on the character and focus on the story and focus on what I have to do.'

If people hate Michael Langdon, that's a good thing. I'm not going to debate that. I don't worry about making him likeable... My real focus in playing Langdon is making his intentions clear and how he operates and what his mission is and how he shapes the perception of who he is around people.

'Atlas Shrugged' shows when you have a singular vision of something and how quickly you can become attune to that vision and devalue others quickly based on their principles and ideologies.

For me, I can't play a metaphor or a symbol.

When I was at uni, I got good grades and went on to do honours, but I kept thinking, 'I shouldn't be here.' Something just didn't feel right. When I finished, I decided that every decision I make from this day forward will be purely based on intuition, and I'm not going to fight that.

I grew up watching Kathy Bates, and 'Misery' is one of my favorite films.

I don't get scared easily.

To be in the same room as Claire Underwood is like a dream come true.

I really don't want to offend anybody, but I find all forms of religious fundamentalism frightening.

I think nerves are part and parcel of working as an actor. You can either work against them or you can embrace them, and I very much embrace them.

Good acting is good acting, whether it's on stage, on TV, or in films.

I can say that working with Jessica Lange has been one of the most incredible joys of my life.

I went to uni, and I studied commerce on a scholarship, and that was crazy and wild in and of itself.

One of my favorite films is 'Let the Right One In.'

It's so crazy to work with Ryan Murphy and then work in the David Fincher world with Robin Wright.

I have never had more fun in my life playing a character than I've had playing Michael Langdon. He's so delicious. He's so layered and complicated.