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Up until I was about 12, I was a ballet dancer and a basketball player.

While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

I was in the movies. I danced, I sang, I learned to work in front of a camera. It was like being in a repertory company.

I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.

I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was vice president of my class.

I was a lumberjack for years, a pub bouncer, I've sung in a band; in fact, I still sing, and I even trained myself to be a tree surgeon.

Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.