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I made the decision to take acting seriously after high school.

I was always the serious kid.

I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme of things.

I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.

Even while starting out I took things very seriously; I wasn't the sort of kid that would do a doll commercial or do a series for Nickelodeon. They asked me to do silly things, and I wasn't a silly kid.

I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night!

I needed to do a play. I needed to learn how to act again, in a focused, all-encompassing way, and a really challenging play is a great way to do that.

I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult.

Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.