I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television.
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My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.
I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.
Acting goes back a little ways for me. I supposed I started with theater growing up. It was mainly a social outlet and it was just kind of something I did for fun. I met a lot of good friends through it, so it really kept me involved.
I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.
But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.
It was always theater for me. But part of that came out of the fact that I was always acting out as a kid. I was the kid who didn't play well with others.
I started out doing theater when I was really young, and I completely fell in love with it. I knew that this was what I wanted to do.
I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting, and I knew that I loved theater.
I don't come from an artistic family, so I didn't know what theater was. I was working on Wall Street in the '90s, and I went to see 'Appointment With a High-Wire Lady' at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and it affected me so deeply. It changed everything I thought about the arts. I quit banking and became an actor.
I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.