When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody.

Political movements always belong to the young.

It would be nice to redefine ourselves - at the moment we are drowning in diversity. That's not a bad thing, its just going to take a while before we refocus.

I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years.