It's hard for actors to have to deal with the fact that they pour so much into their character, but the audience might have a negative assessment of them.
A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer.
Normally, when youre working on something, there are other characters that you have alliances with, and you have unified goals with some characters.
Women don't question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative.
The worst thing you can do as a performer is to judge your character in any way, positively or negatively.
I think it is kind of important to direct someone so the character is appealing, but, as an actress, I find it frustrating because I think, "Why do I have to be more likable than a man would have to be saying the same line?"