Do not let your light be dimmed by anybody who doesn't appreciate the dream that you're trying to pursue.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. You have to be willing to be afraid, if you're going to be an artist.

Do not let your light be dimmed by anybody who doesn't appreciate the dream that you're trying to pursue.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.

Musicals are finally kind of coming back to a degree, perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia.

I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era of self-awareness and social revolutions.

At the end of the day, I really go with my personal taste and with what's on the page in terms of character. But beyond that, there's a complexity about the scripts I tend to respond to. I've not lost my curiosity about how the world functions. And a script that can embody that and thematically explore bigger questions in a way which seems fresh is likely to get my attention. Frankly, I also have an eye for what will appeal to an audience, as opposed to a self-indulgent exercise that isn't taking the audience into account.