A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn't original.

People have become so literal because they're used to reality-based television.

Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself. If you're constantly being told "No, don't do that" or "We don't trust you," you can't develop that responsibility.

I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours."

My mother was okay with me not playing it safe. She made an agreement with my father that I was going to be raised differently than my brother and sister were. My parents went through the whole sixties rebellion with my brother and sister. But I didn't feel like I had to rebel because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldn't do something. I never went into that parents-as-enemies stage.

I call myself a playmaker sometimes - but that's just a word. I don't feel like I have to have a title or a job description.

I'm a firm believer in the idea that theater excels over film and TV in its ability to let people play with poetry.