I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.

My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

When I go to see something I'm in, or my friends are in, it's like a home movie. When I just go to the movies and don't know anyone in it, then it's a real movie.

I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.

I work just as hard and have just as much fun whether in a 50-seat house or in a 1000-seat house. It's a luxury to be in a tiny space every once in a while and a rush to be on a giant stage every once in a while.

I'm hideously shy as myself but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.