But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.

I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.

I believe there's a common ground in what all gifted writers write. It has to do with their wish to turn darkness into light.

If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back, you can't see any of the detail.

I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.