“It’s a little tricky for me to get cast now, for obvious reasons.”

The Oscar-nominated actor discussed his career and working with Christopher Nolan during a new hour-long interview with On Film...With Kevin McCarthy, where he delved into how he feels more comfortable and "embodied" in himself now, and how that has changed the way he approaches his work.

But Page made clear he’s not stepping away from work by choice. When McCarthy asked if he was deliberately taking a break, Page said he’d actually "really love" to find the right role.

Page also touched on his experience playing Ariadne in Nolan’s 2010 sci-fi Inception, which came before his transition.

Page went on to explain that he no longer feels like he has to work through that discomfort when acting, saying he’s "not having to like literally work through a performance that I like don't even quite know I'm doing to get to a performance". 

He added that he feels like he could “do some of my best work now”.

And while Page is keen to keep working, he suggested that his position in Hollywood has changed since his transition.

"I was seen in a certain way before, and it’s different now, so maybe there is something to reaching out to people and trying to create projects that way," he shared. "But it’s a little tricky for me to get cast now, for obvious reasons."

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