It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.

The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself.

Thank God that I am not over 75 so that James Earl Jones knows who the hell I am.

It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.

So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to be in every production on stage or backstage in whatever capacity and I came to New York looking for work in the summers.

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.