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 feel the most alive when I'm singing. I also get to be the mail man for some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written.

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 think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.

Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.

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.