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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 6955484" data-attributes="member: 32740">"I think of a man, then take away reason and accountability." - Melvin Udall, As Good As It GetsActually, I've played a great number of female characters - PC's and obviously NPC's.  I would assume that back when I was a teenager my female characters were two-dimensional and prone to adolescent male fantasy stereotype.  I would HOPE that these days they have more than such superficial, even offensive depiction, but personalities of genuine interest and depth.I seem to recall Michael Caine once talking in an interview about various roles he'd taken where he had no idea what the character's job was really like or what life was really like for them.  He noted that Method actors, for example, would research parts and as much as possible try to actually LIVE the life of a character they were playing, whereas he felt that as an actor the tool for him to use was his own imagination - he didn't need to LIVE a role to understand it, his job was more like pretending he knew.  I take that kind of attitude when it comes to portraying female characters.  I have an imagination and I can FAKE IT, so to speak.  If I'm putting forth a reasonable effort to portray a character with enough dimension and believability to fit that characters place in the game that's good enough.  I don't have to be a woman to properly play a female character without surrendering my Man Card or offending women - at least no more than any woman would have playing a male character.</blockquote>

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