It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.

It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.

I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so good and nothing is more effective than seeing something live and happening right in front of your face, so I definitely want to continue to pursue that.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.

At the end of whatever we're doing, I always feel like I want to go back and start over again because now I have a better sense of what it is. I feel that with everything. Like, if you're doing like a long run of a play and you're doing it seven shows a week, at the end of it, I want to go back and start from the beginning.

I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the story.