I think if you keep an open mind and actively look, you find these really great roles that you might have otherwise never even known were out there.
I have always said that management is not something I fancied, but it's suddenly, naturally started to enter my head.
Like with 'Outlander' as well as with 'Agent Carter,' I had never heard of 'Outlander' before I got the part.
I'd played dumbasses a lot. On Mad About You, I played a very dumb waitress and they saw me.
I don't really ever think in terms of what type of person I'd love to play. I usually just read stuff and can tell. It's always fun to get to do things that stretch you and that you don't get to do a lot, but you never know until you see it.
When I auditioned for The Black Canary, I only knew I was reading for a new recruit on team 'Arrow.' It wasn't until I'd booked the role that they told me who I'd be playing.
I don't care whether it's a chance meeting or playing a role that you thought was totally wrong but you did it anyway. It will often turn out to be the thing that will lead you to the role which is sublime.
I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
To this day, that's what I love the most: finding and playing characters who are out of my experience.
I love doing a television show. It just always feels like it's a little while before you find something that feels unique and that feels like a character that you really want to play for awhile.
