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I do build my own backstory as an actor. It's important to know where your characters have come from in order to know where they're going - in order to exist in that state of being.

The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research.

You spend so much time developing a character when you do a film; so much of your work is done before you get set to shoot because you've been working on the character: the way he walks, the way he talks, what might upset him, what might make him happy.

When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he's going to do.

For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.

I don't prepare myself for any character unless it is really different.

I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research beforehand is really fun. The whole process makes me anxious and restless, and I have trouble sleeping, just trying to figure out the character.

Well, first of all, you read the script a million times. Because what the script gives you are given circumstances. Given circumstances are all the facts of your character.

My school of thought with going into a character is that you have to understand where they come from, and you have to empathize with them.

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'

There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.

I gained a lot of confidence after 'IP Man' as being a true actor. I went on to tackle what it is an actor is supposed to do before a film. Do a lot of research, get into the character. That's what I did with 'Dragon.'

I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life.

As an actor, you want to be able to move your character forward into new ground, but also it's really interesting to go backwards and unpeel those layers and the interesting elements of what your character is and what informs the decisions that you make so that you can have as much meat to work with.

As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.

I could not be one of those actors who stays in character all day long. I'd go mad.

When I come onto a show where I haven't met any actors, I try to zero in on the script and what's expected of the character I'm going to play and hopefully keep my focus on that, and friendships develop from that.

If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.

I have a journal, and every character that I play, I write as the character: how I feel about things and how I'm going to play it.

When I act, I try to understand the character, why she's behaving like that.

I don't normally think of a specific actor. I concentrate on the character, and then when we get into pre-production, that's how names come up.

'Heirs' became an emotional experience for me. I had a hard time bringing out my emotions in the series. I used all my physical and emotional energy to bring out all that acting.

I have a very schoolish approach to acting. I like to do my homework, know more about the character, and study it. It's all about the craft.

It's always interesting researching characters and as I get older and the more that I work in this business, I do more and more of it because I realize how important it is.