From The Guardian

Hi Jared! You’ve always struck me as a fairly private person. Do you hate giving interviews?
No, not at all. But if the interview’s bad, then it’s no fun, and by bad I mean routine, you know? So the challenge has been set!

When you were preparing to play Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, an HIV-positive transgender woman, did you talk to trans people and people with HIV?
Yeah, definitely. I talked to transgender people and that was the education and the start of it all. I’m really grateful for those experiences.

Did you go method?
I stayed in character the entire shoot. I couldn’t imagine doing it another way. I’d gone too far to pick it up and drop it off.

Is it true you turned down the role several times?
Yes. I wasn’t looking to make a film, I hadn’t made one in years and I was beginning to think maybe I’d never make another one. But they were persistent and I thought the character was astounding.

Why did you think you weren’t going to make another film?
I hadn’t even read any scripts so I don’t know if there were any interesting ones around. I was busy and fulfilled with Thirty Seconds to Mars.

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