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Most people don't think of Los Angeles as a theatre town, and that you have to go to New York to be in theatre, and it's really not true.

There's such a work ethic involved in theatre that you can't learn in L.A.

I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.

I live in Los Angeles where there is not that much in the way of theatre, so the La Jolla Playhouse is pretty much the only place that is on my radar, and when they have something going on, and I am available, I will certainly go in.

Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're faced with, like getting money. It's a really great thing to do. You feel like you're really an artist when you're doing that and you're in a company of artists.

Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.

There isn't really a theatre culture in L.A., which is odd when there are so many brilliant actors there.

Theatre is about the collective imagination... Everything I use on-stage is driven by the subject matter and what you might call the text - but that text can be anything, from a fragment of movement or music to something you see on a TV.

London has such an unbelievable respect for theater, where L.A. does not. You go to a play here, and the dude next to you is sleeping. In London, if you're not in your seat when it starts, they lock the door. In Los Angeles, you can stroll into school late with a cup of coffee. In London, you get your butt to class on time.