The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.

You got to know what's worth keeping and what's worth letting go.

I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the same thing and they find it spellbinding.

It is surprising that people are snapping photos and stuff and then putting them on the internet. For me, it is like, "Why would you want to do that?" It would be like knowing what your Christmas presents were before Christmas morning.

The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.