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When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

I just loved being in the theatre with all those crazy, creative people.

I think it was the ability of the theater to communicate ideas and extol virtues that drew me to it. And also, I was, and remain, fascinated by the idea of an audience as a community of people who gather willingly to bear witness.

I was heavily involved in musical theater.

I grew up performing in theatre.

I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.

With me, it was just a job. I never had stars in my eyes about the theatre.

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

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.

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.