Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.
I've often wanted to play the victim, or somebody who makes terrible choices. I would love to play the alcoholic mother who horribly lets down her children. That's a great morally imperiled role.
Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.
I play so many villains and strange, troubled people. I don't have that kind of life. I live in the country. I've been married nearly 50 years. I have a cat.
My heroines, more often than not, are the ones who are troubled and resistant.
I think I've been good at getting into lonely and troubled characters because, not to brag, but I'm the complete opposite in real life.
I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.
For whatever reason I tend to get roles that are more damaged.
