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Musical theater is often seen as a lesser form of acting, although I don't see it that way.

With theater, depending on the audience, the show is different every night and really requires your constant concentration. With film, it's more possible to focus for shorter, more intense bits of time.

With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You're all constantly on your toes. And then with film and television, you can get a second take and things like that.

Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.

It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.

I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience.

Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

My criteria for doing theater has always been slightly different than my criteria with movies, in that there are a lot of reasons to do films, having to do with location, money, and first and foremost having to do with script and role and director.