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They said my voice was terrible, nervous, and spotty and that I must go away and learn how to use it properly. I must admit I was rather agape, since I had never thought about making my voice better.

Acting advice is a bit like your parents teaching you how to drive a car. You know they're right, but you still kind of want them to shut up a bit.

When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you.

Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.

People can dress you the way they want, they can do your makeup the way they want, but they can never take away your voice.

We live in a very disposable society, and people want everything right away, but unfortunately, vocal technique doesn't come overnight.

I was always getting told off by my choir teacher for, you know, riffing when I shouldn't.

Acting lessons teach you to really listen to what the other person is saying because in acting it's all about responding to the lines.

In the beginning, the media was calling me a bad boy all the time because of the way I act and feel onstage. None of them have ever taken the time to get to know me when I climb offstage.