I'm hideously shy as myself but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.
Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.
I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.
My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.
I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.
When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing.
Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.
When I go to see something I'm in, or my friends are in, it's like a home movie. When I just go to the movies and don't know anyone in it, then it's a real movie.
I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.
I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.
I actually like to audition. I prefer to audition for something because I don't want to walk onto a stage or a set and [have someone] say, "You are so far away from what I thought you were going to bring in." I would feel more comfortable to audition and say, "Here's my take on it - take it or leave it".
I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.
I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.
I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.
I don't like working in front of a camera.
Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know.
I work just as hard and have just as much fun whether in a 50-seat house or in a 1000-seat house. It's a luxury to be in a tiny space every once in a while and a rush to be on a giant stage every once in a while.
Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps me creative and on my toes and meeting great people. I can't imagine a better way of working than on a play.
