Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.
It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me do well in the theater.
It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.
I will jump into most any role.
An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.
I have three dogs and a cockatoo.