I don't like the word "villain." It's too reductive. Calling someone a villain makes it too easy to ignore all the factors that went into someone mak….

Onstage, I enjoy the thrill of live performance - there is no substitute for that rush. On camera I enjoy the crafting of a scene, the widespread cre….

I have been exposed to a great deal of the issues surrounding PTSD, but what I have learned that is most relevant to my work on Mercy Street is that ….

I usually experiment with posture and physical attributes that may inform the character. Next, my impression gets a nice injection of inspiration whe….

I perform regularly with a theater company called Outside the Wire who take performances of Greek tragedy to American-military audiences around the w….

I don't ever feel a full transition to my character. I don't ever feel like I have left myself, because if I did, I would need professional medical a….

The toughest parts of the shooting schedule for me are the days between working, when you've nothing to do but wait. There is only so much time you c….

I think the only productive way to approach characters, and frankly people in life, is through empathy. The minute we call someone a villain, we are ….

I didn't know enough about the Civil War or its lingering effects as we all should. It's really easy to think that the Civil War was the end of slave….

The "stage" on which you perform in film and TV is much smaller. Moving your eyes across the frame is equivalent to crossing from stage right to stag….