The thrill of coming home has never changed.

The first thing I need to get sorted out before I can then move forward, before I can feel any confidence whatsoever, is the voice.

Choosing work is an interesting thing. It's a balance between what's available and what you've always got in the back of your mind - that awful, strange thing that seems to have to exist in this industry, of what will give you "exposure."

If something doesn't come out of your mouth right, you've got to acknowledge the fact that you're trying to deliver an honest performance. If it doesn't' come out of your mouth correctly, then it's not going to work.

The funny thing is, because I was doing a lot of theater when I was a kid, and a lot of that was musical theater, as I got older I became more interested in acting as a separate entity and music as a separate entity, like songwriting and production and recording and playing music.

The thrill of coming home has never changed.

I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that.