I Was Always The Shame Of The

I Never Felt A Need To Manipulate My Career From The Outside - Try To Be Someone I Wasn't To Get Ahead.

I Could Definitely Empathize With The Character, With The Feelings Of Helplessness - If Only The Desperation And The Feeling Of Isolation.

I Had Been Doing Summer Stock Every Summer While I Was In College. We Did A Showcase, Like Most Good Conservatories Do - Monologues And Things That Agents And Casting Directors Come To See. From That I Got An Agent.

In The Theater We're Like Blue-collar Workers: It's A Physical Job, You Don't Make A Lot Of Money, And You're On The Road All The Time. It's Worth It In That It's The Best Job In The World, But You Have To Negotiate Living In Cities That Don't Always Accommodate You.

Dad Said That He Was Prouder Of Me Than He'd Ever Been When I Came Out.