With me, growing up in a theater family and having them be so supportive, from the jump, and being a part of this theater community where the brass ring is working, wherever that is, and then to play a character where he's not really concerned with that and is really just concerned with the monetary aspect of the job, and then to be identified with someone who is the antithesis of your energy and where you come from, has been a very interesting and surreal ride.

Mercury poisoning sounds like a rich man's disease . . . like something you might get from the leather seats in your Lamborghini.

There are so many great directors that I haven't worked with and that I would love to work with.

I've been a fan of hip-hop for a really long time, and I still am.

One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters.

You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?"

Quitting the show was a complete anomaly in my life and my career. I've never missed out on anything. I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me.