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I didn't think it was my dream to be on Broadway; it just sort of became that, and then it just became me wanting it more and more and more.

You thought the stage, you thought Broadway: that was the pot at the end of the rainbow. The idea of being in Hollywood was like going to the Moon or Mars.

I can't tell you the thrill and joy of when I was cast in my first Broadway show. Granted, it was 'Starlight Express' and it was exhausting, but it was my first time on Broadway, and there was nothing like it.

Broadway was life-changing because it pushes you mentally, physically, emotionally - every way that you can be pushed. It makes you feel like there's nothing you can't do. It's like doing your own stunts.

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

I saw 'Hairspray' at the Pantages in L.A. It came to the Pantages right before I did the movie, and just being in New York sometimes and seeing the marquees and everything like that, I'm like, 'I really, really have to go experience a Broadway play.'

I was a big Broadway fan for a while.

But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I had been on Broadway.

You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me.