Rose Byrne 'is gifted at disassociating' herself from characters
Rose Byrne is able to switch off from work at the end of the day.
Rose Byrne is "gifted at disassociating" herself from her work.
The 46-year-old star has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, but Rose actually found it easy to leave her on-screen character behind at the end of the working day.
Rose - who plays a psychotherapist who has to care for her daughter in the movie - told The Hollywood Reporter: "I’m gifted at disassociating, so I could just very much separate myself and shut off my valve and my battery to recharge. … [The crew was] protective of me, and they would find me rooms here and there and all that stuff.
"But I never wanted to get too far away from what I had to do, because it was like lightning in a bottle. It’s like trying to get these moments, and I never wanted to be too far from the feeling, so it was always that technical, emotional dance."
Rose starred alongside A$AP Rocky in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, and she relished the experience of working with the rap star.
She shared: "He couldn’t have been cooler. He was so cool, and he was so respectful. He loved running lines. We were line nerds, and when we would run lines, he had a lot of curiosity and questions. It was fun. It was funny. We did laugh a lot."
Meanwhile, Rose previously revealed that she feels "grateful" for her success.
The acclaimed actress explained to The Independent: "People want that instant hit, that instant gratification. I definitely don’t fall into that category. I probably fall into the category of character actress, which is not [me] trying to humble-brag or anything, it’s just a hard business to place yourself in.
"I definitely was not a confident 20-year-old or even a confident 28-year-old, you know? It’s taken me a long time to feel more in my skin. It’s dull of me to say, but I do always feel grateful to have consistently been a working actress.
"It’s not easy. It’s a tough business, and people tend to fall in traps or rely on other things to get [them] through it."
