I'm enjoying being a woman on-screen.
Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn't forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
People love to see themselves on screen in a way that makes sense and seems on point.
An actor's off-screen persona should never overshadow his on-screen characters.
I guess a lot of people don't realise, but I'm always playing a character when I'm working. When you're always having people's images projected on you, who 'Daria' is as a person sort of disappears.
Han Solo would never wear the earring Harrison Ford wears.
In my career, I really set out not to develop too strong a persona so that you wouldn't have a hard time imagining me in any given role. I wanted to pleasantly confuse the audience on who I was.
Some actors play themselves, don't they?
