To me, getting up every single night and trying to reach out to an audience, and trying to dig deeper and further in the play to serve the writer and to understand yourself in that context is how you continue to grow and learn.

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.

I guess Ive been training in the theater for as long as I can remember.

It's the kind of democratization of the Internet that has led to the breaking down of barriers into the creative arts.

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.

The process of doing a play is an organic one and the process of doing a film is totally un-organic.