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.
I like to make decisions based on things I’m interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.
I love the American musical for the simplicity of emotion that gets expressed.
As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.
I think things through a lot, so I probably use my head more than my heart. That probably comes through in my acting.
I’m wildly impressed with the diversity of gay roles.
I’ve been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter.
My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it’s all ages and everyone seems to be having fun.
It’s good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you’re offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter.
For film, I audition just like everyone else, because it’s a different set of casting directors.
I often feel like books find us for reasons, and we read them when we need them the most.
But magic is like pizza: even when it’s bad, it’s pretty good.
American Sniper focuses on a soldier with 160 kills, or as Harvey Weinstein calls it, a slow morning.
I’m very interested in starting to produce, and direct, and have an umbrella over an entire project in the future. I’d like to have control over what the characters do. I think as an actor, you get a little too caught up in the moment-to-moment, beat-to-beat stuff to have perspective.
Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course.
I’m shocked at how early everything closes here. But people start earlier. I miss the late nightlife in NYC, but then again I sing and burn so much energy in the show that it’s probably good – I get to go home and sleep.
It’s nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I’m incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I’m sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though.
I have actual strong ideas. You just have to wait for the right timing. Timing is pretty crucial here. I can’t dedicate a lot of energy and efforts trying to, say, create a show that I want to produce while I’m currently on another show.
Thankfully I’ve been quite lucky in my career, but it’s always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.
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