I Love When You Aren't Accountable To

My Return To The Theater In New York Was So Specific. I Didn't Want It To Be About Leveraging My Exposure Or My Fame, So The First Show I Did In New York Was An Ensemble Piece At An Off-broadway Theater, And I Wanted To Make Sure That It Was Just About The Play And About The Experience.

I Recognized That I Had A Window Of Opportunity That Had Opened Because Of My Exposure As An Actor.

We Did Monologues And Scenes, And New York I Did A Scene From Amadeus And A Monologue From Pounding Nails In The Floor With My Forehead By Eric Bogosian, And Then In L.a. I Switched The Scene To This Is Our Youth And Did The Same Monologue. I Was Spiky-haired, Super Skinny. A Lot Of People Were Like, "you Should Come Here And Do A Sitcom." That Was The Feedback That I Got. Obviously It Was Quite A Different Journey Than The One I've Actually Had, But I Just Listened To People.

My Passion Is Acting, And Has Always Been. It's What Brought Me To This Point Of Being Able To Diversify And Do Other Things, And I Hope It's Something I'll Continue To Have A Passion For.

It Just So Happened That J.c.[chandor] Was A First-time Feature Director, And His Script Was Exactly The Kind Of Thing We Were Looking For.