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I'm very serious about acting.
You can only do so much theatre.
I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.
I have no skills. The only thing I could possibly do is teach.
I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.
My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York.
Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.
Each person shows something different, in every challenge that they come across.
The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.
You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.
I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.
The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.
I don't collect anything. I collect people, I think. I'm very social and I like seeing a lot of people.
The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.
What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.
Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.
When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.
Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.
The only set thing I do is that I really, really memorize the lines. I've gotta be so comfortable with the words.
And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.
The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group.
I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.
Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.
That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.
When I was a kid, I didn't collect stamps, or weird toys, or anything. I don't even have music - I don't even have a CD collection. So that's not really my thing.
I've been amazed that it's so popular with people. But it's been fantastic. People are very excited when I walk into a place and they recognize me from the series.
We, some cast members and I, even went on a weekend trip together and spent the weekend at an inn, because we enjoy each other's company so much, and it was so cool.
I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of explaining in the show, it takes a lot of energy and concentration.
Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.
In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don't.
Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter.
It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.
It's about these people who are inextricably together for whatever reasons, and they happen to be in the spy world. It's about relationships, and the bottom line is, that's why you care.
I find out more about Jack every week. Essentially, I'm the same character, but I'm having more fun this season because I'm doing more aliases, you know. I like the surprise of not knowing.
One day, we were doing a serious scene and fast talking like we do and we could not stop laughing and the director had to stop the production. We had to go to our trailer and calm down and do it all again.
The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
I remember the first reading of the script we had and everybody was sitting around the table. I was very impressed with the level of acting that was in the room, particularly with Jennifer who has so much responsibility.
After you read the script, then you actually just have to be in the moment you're in, in order to make it believable. You can't give it away. You can't tip it off. For me, it's always about being truthful in the moment I'm in. Hopefully, being able to reveal what I'm feeling, you have to believe it.
I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in a contemporary film, there's often room for improvisation and spontaneous things that happen. As long as I know what I'm trying to achieve in the scene, and when something comes up, I know that the response is genuine, I'm comfortable. That's really how I build everything.