Mimicking People Was Something I Did Already.

I Just Find It Thrilling, Especially When I Totally Lock In To The Person That I Am Doing And I'm Really Flying... I Suppose I Am Hiding Myself When I Sing As These Other People.

Mike Leigh Encourages You To Choose A Person That You Know To Base Your Character On. You Write A Whole List Of People That You Know And You Go Through That List In Great Depth With Him. And Then He Chooses One Of Those People From Your List.

My Own Singing Voice Is Not Very Good And I Don't Think That Anybody Really Sings In Their Own Voice.

I Find Singing As Somebody Else Very Liberating, It Just Frees Me Up.

My Earliest Acting Memory Is Making Up A Play For My Mom And Dad Called The Lonesome Baby. I Have No Idea What The Lonesome Baby Was About. I Just Remember The Title. But I'm Sure It Was An Epic.