Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

There two other areas that are personally deeply important to me, that I hope the Homeland show can attend to in some way - one, being the refugee crisis. These are the most vulnerable people among us in the world. There are over 60 million refugees displaced by war, over 21 million that go to a third country. The numbers are climbing, and there are no legal options for these people. These are the victims of the real world's crises that the Homeland world reflects on, and almost takes a Polaroid of these days, versus a fictional tale of it.

I have no idea what's coming next or where it will come from; I enjoy the surprise of it all.

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.

There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.