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I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or book to script to film. If I play Frank Sinatra, there's gonna be things I do in a movie that Frank might not have done, but it's the personality that comes across.

I want audiences to see me in different avatars.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

I play a lot of hard men and gangsters, and I'm not like that at all.

I've portrayed so many diverse individuals on the screen that my own personality never emerged.

I've never been typed. John Wayne played 'that guy' all the time - mostly because that's all he could do. Gable played Gable parts, and Bob Taylor played Bob Taylor parts, whether he was in armor or a full-dress suit. I resisted that.

Other kinds of movie stars, it's a different thing, they bring their persona to the part and that's what people like to see, and they are not really transforming in terms of their character.

I am not that cute. However, because I had played so many cute characters, I am starting to be influenced by them.

You can be, like, a totally different person on camera, and it's fun. You can take on another character, and it's awesome.

As an actor, there are a lot of personas and personalities that you carry. Whatever you wear, you adapt to it, and people feel that's your style. But that's not necessarily an actor's style. There are some things that are very 'you,' and some are only to suit your persona.

I just try to put myself in the sense of being a character, sometimes male. I suppose I just like the idea of trying to be different people coming from all kinds of different angles. Most of it was just from my imagination.

It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I thought, Well, maybe I'm just going to try doing this myself before somebody else comes in and handles it. For a long time my acting was just a marriage of convenience between me and these characters that I was writing.

For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I'd go into a shoot, there'd be all these dresses, and I'd say to myself, 'Okay, this isn't me. It's somebody else. So, who is this person?' Acting is the next level of that.

I came from stage in high school, and on stage you kind of overdo with putting on a character a little bit. Sometimes you become a character and sometimes the character becomes you.

You got to constantly be in character.

With every character, you alter, you can’t be attached to your own identity.

I think Johnny Depp could play just about any role - I'd love to see what he would do with the Red Queen!

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person.

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.

I want things to be characters and not me. Why would I want to play me?

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.