Even when I was doing theater it was more comedic. Don't get me wrong, I love doing the dramatic and heavy stuff, but I just want to have fun. I want to make people laugh.
When you go to karaoke with a professional singer and they really start singing, there's no bigger buzzkill than that.
I am still so proud to have been a part of something that introduced theater to so many people who weren't exposed to it before. We took Broadway and put it in peoples' living rooms once a week for two seasons. People still come up to me in the street and say, 'I never went to theater before I saw "Smash.'" That's the greatest compliment.
I just like working. I'm not good with downtime. I need to be doing something. I'm a music person, so I'll always have that going ... whether or not I'm getting paid for it . It was different to go into talk shows and performances by myself.
[Composers] Mark [Shaiman] and Scott [Wittman] are unreal.
As an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.
I've been very lucky to work with a lot of amazingly supportive directors.
I essentially get to represent my community on television.
