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How Jane Lynch Got So Good

When my work really became profound, when I began to think of myself as an artist, was when I began to really get to know myself better — through therapy, through asking my friends “Why do I keep doing this?” Living an aware life as best I can. I then started to translate that into my work, where I was able to use facets of my self and facets I see in other people. Anything that’s in another person, also is in me. We all have everything.

I can choose as Jane Lynch to express it or not express it, but I can always use it for a character. Very rarely have I come across a character — and I’ve played some doozies — where I say “I don’t know where this person lives.” Usually that’s when the writer doesn’t know, either.

I just turned down this role, actually, in a made-for-television movie because the writing wasn’t clear enough, and they really didn’t tap into something that lives in a human being. She was a wacky, drugged-out person, but there was nothing credible about it. As much as I tried — because it was an offer, not something I had to audition for — I looked at it and said “Okay, what do I use here?” and there was nothing I could hook into. In that case, you just have to say no. Maybe someone else will find something, but I think it was just bad writing.

(Jane Lynch interviewed by AfterEllen)