The truth is I like the crazy ones better than the well-behaved ones normally because they tend to be the passionate ones. They never come after you if you're holding up your end. The only thing that's bad about an abusive director is that they bully the people they can.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

It's fair to say that if you have a lot of experience, your power is greater. You have more of an opportunity to roll up your sleeves with younger directors.

I was doing community theater, and I was always interested in acting, but I was also interested in sports. I was interested in a lot of things. I was a pretty normal guy. I wasn't like a guy who grew up in a dark theater watching movies.

Sometimes you feel like you have to do research to make something, other times you know you don't feel it so much.

Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds of situations.

The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.