I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.

The Tonys are the once-a-year shot for all of these shows and artists who work so diligently every single performance but only for a thousand or so people at a time. This gives them the opportunity to perform to millions of people.

The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now.

I have more artistic control in a smaller show. But it doesn't really matter. Sometimes you can have the smallest role in the smallest production and still make a big impact.

Theater for me is about enduring human truth. Special effects can be part of that, but when they obscure what is the reason we come to theater - to see reflections of our confounded humanity - the theater has lost its way.

Oh sure, now you like him [after the audience applaud David Oyelowo].

I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.