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And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.

My singing led into acting, and that is how I discovered acting.

So anyway, I've learned a lot about myself just in terms of acting but just work ethic and interesting things like full-page monologues or talking straight into camera, which I had never gotten to do before.

Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

I taught myself to listen and kind of regurgitate what I was surrounded by, and it's been a wonderful tool to have as an actor.

That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.

Acting was never something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so it was easy to walk away.

I didn't know if I could act, but I knew I could be a great ballet dancer, and Balanchine put out the carpet for me.

One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles I've played, I'm kind of amazed at all the wonderful adventures I've had and the different things I've learned.

Acting was always my passion, even before music, so I knew I was always heading down that path.