I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.
The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.
I wake up and play a different person every day. Playing all these different characters and trying to figure out who your true authentic self is at the core of that as you're playing all these different roles, and man, that self-awareness starts to come into effect. And you start to see who you really are.
That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.
I am very picky with my career. I don't need to do it for the money or the fame. I'm very choosy, which is why I haven't played the typical role that people expect to see from someone of my stature and size, as the mean jock or the preppy. It's very easy to see me like that. That's why I go against it in different roles.
It's nice, though, getting older and being able to do different roles.
As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.
My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations.
I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.
I want to constantly be surprising people with different roles.