I Was Always Interested In Figuring Things

Artists Try To Say Things That Can't Be Said. In A Fragile Net Of Words, Gestures, Or Colors, We Hope To Capture A Feeling; A Taste; A Painful Longing. But The Net Is Always Too Porous, And We Are Left With The Sweet Frustration Of Almost Knowing, Which Is Teasingly Pleasurable.

The Difference Between Listening And Pretending To Listen, I Discovered, Is Enormous. One Is Fluid, The Other Is Rigid. One Is Alive, The Other Is Stuffed. Eventually, I Found A Radical Way Of Thinking About Listening. Real Listening Is A Willingness To Let The Other Person Change You. When I’m Willing To Let Them Change Me, Something Happens Between Us That’s More Interesting Than A Pair Of Dueling Monologues.

The One Hour Live Debate In The West Wing That We Did Was One Of The Most Exciting Times For Me On Stage Or On Camera, Because Anything Could Go Wrong.

I'm Most At Home On The Stage. I Was Carried Onstage For The First Time When I Was Six Months Old.

Musicals Are Hard For Me Because I Got Thrown Out Of The Glee Club In High School, Because I Couldn't Sing In Tune At The Time. I Can Sing In Tune Now, But I Have To Work Really Hard On It To Make Sure That I Don't Exercise One Of My Great Talents, Which Is The Ability To Sing In Three Keys At The Same Time.