It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.

Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.

People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

Its interesting to play a politician who gets stuff done.

While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a childs imagination.

Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.

When you know you have 1,000 people sitting on the edge of their seats in silence because of a shift that just happened on stage, there is no better feeling.