I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.

As an artist, I think it's critical for keeping yourself alive that you try to get your hands into something a little bit more intensely. It's one of the reasons why I love theater because you never actually let go of it and it never feels like there's a tremendous distance between the process and the product.

I so never went through a bad-girl period.

Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.

I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.

You just have to learn how to fall down and get back up again. You just have to keep going.

I was an English major in college!