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We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside himself there's a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he's playing himself in his daily life, he's playing a part, he's performing, just as he's performing when he plays a part on stage.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.

We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And that we all - whether we're actors or not - perform ourselves. As a way of searching. As a way of fumbling around and trying to say, is this my voice? Is this who I am?

We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known.

I think that's so strange, because they do know that we're all actors and we perform things that have not necessarily anything to do with us personally.

I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person.

Everybody on our cast is very musically talented, except for me.

You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertainer, doing it for the crowd.

The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That's all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright's intention through the concept of the director. And I come on stage; if I feel confident in the role, then I give it away.