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If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience. If I had to choose, it would be theater and doing the occasional movie once in a while, and spending time doing nothing.

In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.

If you're an actor and you don't get cast in stuff a lot, then put together a show or hold play-reading nights at your apartment. Make your own opportunities.

We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that.

I started in theater. I would liken sitcom work more to theater work than I would, perhaps, to dramatic television. It's so quick. It kind of feels like the pace of a play.

I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.

I think theater ought to be theatrical.

My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.

I need theatre for my equilibrium because in theatre, the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity; you are more independent.

The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to gain a response - so these people who come up to you in the street are your audience.