PS: Speaking of characters, what is one beauty tip that you’ve learned from Quinn Fabray?
DA: She was all about the lash. Loved a lash, loved an eyeliner, and mascara. Probably the most prissy character that I’ve ever played. [Now I am] playing characters who are more and more natural, more real — so nothing is as feminine.
PS: For your upcoming role in Hollow in the Land, you’re playing a “tomboyish lesbian” — how different is that look?
DA: I mean, yes and no. I lived this life that is very experiential. I love to travel, I love to talk to different people, I’ve had many different experiences in my life that I can draw from for films and roles and things like. It’s not dissimilar to my own life, but it’s not similar to my own life — its just finding a balance. And that’s the wonderful thing about acting: you can draw on experiences that you’ve had, but then at the same time you can turn it into something that is so different than anything you’ve ever experienced. I love that about being given the opportunity to do something different.
PS: In the movie Bare, you had your first onscreen nude scene. Beauty-wise, what did you have to do to prep your body for it?
DA: Nothing. I was very communicative with our director. I knew they didn’t want to film anything in a gratuitous way, everything was going to be very art house — in and out of focus. I was very comfortable with all of that.
