When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Theater is not to make a living, so I don't have the money pressure.
Fortunately, for the first 20 years in my career, I didn't have any other responsibilities outside of myself. I didn't have a wife and kids, so I could afford to sort of barely scrape by, to do theater.
When I was in college, every summer I would work for free at a theater.
For me, I can't live without acting or drama and writing - I also run a theater company.
I've been an actor for 14 years now and a lot of that time was spent in theatre and television. Then I moved to L.A. to try and build upon that and it's starting to pay off!
I pretty much have no life outside of the theatre. I go home every night, and I put the TV on, and I veg out and order food.
My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.
I had spent time in New York, where I loved the idea that theater could be done up in tiny little rooms rather than for lots of money on a big stage, and be tied to ordinary life.
I can't imagine my life without doing theater.
It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.