- It's taken me years to be able to show who I am on the stage. And I think the more I am able to do that, the more the audience connects and is drawn into the performance.
- The salary [from stockbroking] paid for acting and dancing classes. But four years later, I quit, and two years later, I was in 'Les Miz' and stayed for a year and a half. It all flew. Quickly. I still fit in my original uniform. Over the years, I've been told that I was the epitome of the role, though I don't think I could ever go back to doing it now. But maybe as Valjean?
- It's amazing how life comes full circle. Before I hit New York, I was doing concerts - as a strolling troubadour - at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia. At that time, I was in grad school, also performing in a restaurant, and singing paid for the schooling.
- I was studying to go into theater, but I don't think I'll ever do Wall Street again. There's a part of me that loves to talk about money, but nothing will shorten your life like worrying about money.
- I find that singing and acting are totally different skills. Acting as a separate exercise makes me better at doing musicals, when I need to sing. But then again, you get spoiled when the very first musical you do is something like 'Les Miz'. It doesn't get any better, and I can't do a goof ball musical after that.
- I rather favor the nice balance in what I'm doing now, just singing with all these great symphonies, and still doing the music I love.
- [With a show like Les Miz] You work six days a week, and have two matinée days... You go to bed late, you sleep till 10, you go to work, and you do it all over again tomorrow.
- In New York, I'd seen too many actors lead hard-scrabble lives, working as waiters. So I came up with a plan: Make enough money to have the luxury of being able to pick and choose my roles.
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