Death frees the beast.

As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.

I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.

When you're doing those operation scenes, you not only have to be on top of the dialogue and the rhythm of the dialogue and what's happening dramatically, but you've got to technically get the rhythm right, so that everything is fitting with the dialogue at the right time. And you're performing the operation to the audience that's watching it. Thackery has to present it, as well. In some ways, that's the most challenging.

I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.

If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

I don't like being consumed by work all the time. I consume myself so much when I do a part that I like to step away from it.