A new calling can beckon us away from comfortable routine and from competencies already acquired.
Get a hobby. Maintain your friendships. Hang out with other people.
I learned to act reactively very well because those were the sorts of roles I was given for 20 years. It was hard to break out of that typecasting.
The more things you do outside of your norm, the more ideas you get exposed to, the more people you get exposed to, and I think that's interesting.
When you take on new roles that you don't feel comfortable with, that require you having skills you don't have, it's terrifying.
It's always exciting to explore adult roles when the vast majority of viewers that have seen me on TV know me from 'Glee,' from something of a different tone.
Navigating the transition from child actor to an adult actor isn't easy.
I played as a 10 and, in Sweden, they let me take as many touches as I could. All of a sudden, I come to Arsenal and I have to play one and two touches - it was a little bit alien to me.
