I could definitely empathize with the character, with the feelings of helplessness - if only the desperation and the feeling of isolation.

I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.

I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.

In the theater we're like blue-collar workers: It's a physical job, you don't make a lot of money, and you're on the road all the time. It's worth it in that it's the best job in the world, but you have to negotiate living in cities that don't always accommodate you.

I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.

I wonder what kind of lives they will have built for themselves when they turn 45 and can't really have any connection with people because they are so used to fleeting sexual.

I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all.