I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so you can link up to that person, even if it's like one tiny thing. But it's equally fun to play somebody completely different, and trying to find what that thing is to make it.
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
“I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom.”