My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.

The directors were often really nice and I was well behaved, so I would just sit there in rehearsal. That allowed me to see the process - not just the result, the red carpet, all of the wonderful, fun things that happen afterwards - the nuts and bolts, the nitty-gritty, Let's try to build this character from the page, tech rehearsals.

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I dont believe it, I have to work really hard to see what that truth is so that I do thats the only way I can make it believable for the audience.

I prefer theater and film. I did a little television, and obviously I'm not knocking it. It can be great, and it does pay the bills. But it's a little bit more disjointed.

My thing is that if you don't really connect to something or see that it's going to be something you're going to be proud of, I wouldn't do it.

My mom was really busy when I was growing up, but she did a really good job in terms of balancing her home life with her professional life. She basically took me everywhere.

One day I'm not busy at all the next day I have work for months - that's kind of the way it works!

I admire fashion and I respect it greatly, but I don't necessarily follow trends. I never really have. I just wear what I like to wear. I really like colors, and there are some things I wear and don't care what anybody says about it being in style or not. I wear it anyway.

I started playing piano when I was around four thats my first passion.

Im a songwriter and Id love to make that a part of my career.

I realized that once I graduated from college, there might be a period of time where people might typecast me or be more limiting, and I might not be able to play a crazy character. For me, it was important to do that at least in school.

[In New York,] when you say you're an actor, there's a certain level of respect that goes with that.