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Tatiana Maslany psychology screens people As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but when they're not there you have to produce that yourself. Tatiana Maslany always-trying listening giving We're living in a world where the response is really instantaneous, even though it's delayed by a few months. It comes at you pretty fast. Tatiana Maslany response months world Going back is a nice way to give definition to each of the characters because they are so vastly different. I would never want them to get blended together. Tatiana Maslany nice giving character There's something really unique about Orphan Black is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of women's stories, but it's not women’s stories in terms of trying to find a guy or keep a guy; it's about entirely other things. Tatiana Maslany black guy unique The way people love sci-fi is how I love cartoons. 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Tatiana Maslany auditions excited environment I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey. Tatiana Maslany donkey play kids I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV. Tatiana Maslany creating character thinking I'm an actor, so I'm interested in the pursuit of storytelling and character and challenging myself and expanding my craft. That's not something that ever ends, because as you grow as a person, so does your capacity to play different characters. New things come up, new things you want to explore and new stories you want tell about life and your knowledge of things. I don't think there's ever going to be that satisfaction of "and now, comfort." Tatiana Maslany challenges character thinking Comedy scares me a lot. I feel like it's way harder than drama. I think my safety net is definitely drama and I would love to kind of be able to be able to push into the comedy world and do something kind of like a Christopher Guest kind of style show. That, to me, is my kind of comedy. Like, Ricky Gervais comedy. That's my kind of thing. Tatiana Maslany safety drama thinking I wanted to get everything right. I was super nerdy and academic. I got so much satisfaction out of getting good grades. Tatiana Maslany grades academic satisfaction It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff. Tatiana Maslany dream stuff character
