I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh?

My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to classic rock because I don't like the contemporary music very much.

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.

I just love chickens.

I know what it means to have a leading part, and I know what it means to have a featured part.

The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.