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I decided I wanted to be a musician when I saw the movie 'Amadeus' around 1987. I was five years old, so it was a good time to start piano lessons after seeing Tom Hulce who played Mozart play the harpsichord on his back with his hands crossed. Such a great movie to inspire a five-year-old.

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

When I did 'Amadeus,' I hadn't done a play for five years. And I was so happy doing it and felt so foolish that I hadn't done a play for such a long time that I wanted to go back and really kind of reach out for a classical career.

I was really affected by 'The Piano.' Had I not seen that movie, I wouldn't have gone to film school.

I started piano lessons when I was four; I was being classically trained at the Colburn School.

Yes, I was forced to take piano lessons for 8 years as a child.

I remember learning how to play 'The Fool On The Hill' on piano when I was in maybe fifth grade.

I studied piano for seven years and play for my own enjoyment.

I used to play the piano by listening to it - like Chopin pieces, when I was, like, a little kid - and then the minute my parents got me lessons to read music, I couldn't do it anymore.