Fortunately, for the first 20 years in my career, I didn't have any other responsibilities outside of myself. I didn't have a wife and kids, so I could afford to sort of barely scrape by, to do theater.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.
I can't imagine my life without doing theater.
The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.
I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.
I thought I'd be doing theater, really. That's all I had experience with growing up. I mean, I saw movies and television, but I don't think I really connected at a young age that that was acting, that that was part of the profession.
Before I ever acted as an amateur - which I did a great deal at school and at university - I used to go to the theater with my parents in the north of England, where I was born and brought up... Theater of all sorts.
I have to be invested spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically to do theater. I can't do it to make a living. I have four kids, a couple of grandkids, and two mortgages.
I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.
When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent.
I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.
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