I Loved Auditioning Because It Was Just

I Listen To Music A Lot, If I Need To Get Into A Particular Space. I Do Stretching And Breathing, And Take Time To Mostly Be Quiet And Find The Stillness. I Think That's Important.

It Didn't Really Change My Opinion About [edward] Snowden All That Much, But I Definitely Feel Like As A Culture, It Gave Us Information That Generated A Responsibility To Protect Ourselves As Much As We Can And Also A Responsibility To Hold Our Government Accountable To Honoring Our Constitutional Rights.

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 Only Auditioned At Four Schools. I Started Performing And Studying When I Was In Middle School, And Then As I Got Into High School, It Just Got More Serious. I Feel Like It Became More Of A Vocation. It Became Clear To Me At That Point That I Wanted To Pursue It.

There Was A Little Bit Of Hesitancy About Staying In Pittsburgh And Not Moving Away For College, But That Didn't Last Long. It Was Right In Line With What I Wanted, So I Auditioned There And It Wasn't A Tough Decision.