I generally play strong people and scary people.
I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.
This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays.
Every role that I play is a gift and is something that I approach differently.
I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.
I grew up nerdy, scrawny, playing video games, and getting picked on.
I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.
I don't want to play the same person twice, that's not why I wanted to act.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.
I'd love to be on 'Glee.' I'd love to play a rebel. Be a real biker chick in leather and covered in tattoos.
I love that you work out relationships with people as you're filming just to get something real to play on screen.
The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.
I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.
I played crying people in corsets for a long time, but I went into acting to be a character actor.
For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football.
I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.
You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.
The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.
At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.
I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.
