I was not paying attention during physics in high school; I was wondering if I was going to be cast in 'Pippin.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was cast in a film toward the end of high school. Even then, I wasn't sure.
Did I become a theater person right then, sitting in the Imperial Theater, waiting for the high piccolo note at the start of 'Pippin'? Maybe.
Although I grew up around movies, I don't know that I assumed I was going to be an actor.
I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.
You can't be a human and a guy and not connect with Pippin... I often feel like Pippin. I come offstage sometimes like 'Oh my God, I've got to do this next time! I've gotta go there. I'm going to make this choice.'
I didn't think I'd ever be an actor.
Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't become an actor. If perhaps I'd stayed on at university and become an academic.
I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare.
When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.