I grew up in a very small, rural country town, and we didn't really have 'the arts.'

Three-quarters of my family is Irish. Of course, the "Kazee" is not.

We go see theater, we take in art because it makes us feel.

All I ever wanted to do was be on Broadway. I mean, remember, I grew up in a trailer.

Social media is its own sort of thing: Twitter and Facebook have changed the way everyone perceives everything.

The thing is that I'm an actor first, and in 'Once,' I was able to be a musician and a singer as well as an actor.

I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar has always been the instrument that I've played. I play a little piano. I taught myself everything by ear. I don't read music at all, which has not really been a hindrance.