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You know, I think I was always intrigued by theater since I was a small child.

I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television.

Theater has been my way of learning about everything.

I've always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It was my training.

I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical 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.