I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the first place.

My mom was really busy when I was growing up, but she did a really good job in terms of balancing her home life with her professional life. She basically took me everywhere.

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

The directors were often really nice and I was well behaved, so I would just sit there in rehearsal. That allowed me to see the process - not just the result, the red carpet, all of the wonderful, fun things that happen afterwards - the nuts and bolts, the nitty-gritty, "Let's try to build this character from the page," tech rehearsals.

I think even when I was little there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist.

William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I dont believe it, I have to work really hard to see what that truth is so that I do; thats the only way I can make it believable for the audience.