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I Like How Pure The Expression Is In Music. You Can Go Straight To The Heart Of An Audience Rather Than Through Their Brain.

Why People Pick Me For The Roles That They Do Is A Bit Of A Mystery.

I Was Thinking Maybe About Being A Lawyer. I Realized I Was Interested In Becoming A Priest At One Point. I Was Just Interested In Stuff Where I Could Do Something I Really Believed In. And Then, I Realized If I Become An Actor, I Don't Have To Choose. I Get To Do Everything. It's Worked Out So Far. But What I Really Want To Do Is Direct.

I Know I'm Not Some Matinee Idol, But I Think We're Sold This Bill Of Goods By The Media, Which Says That Only The Most Beautiful And Dashing People Can Become Movie Stars. So When Someone Like Me Sneaks In, They Have To Redo The Calculations.

I Grew Up Listening To A Lot Of Player-piano Music In My House And A Lot Of Old Tin Pan Alley Songs And American Standards. My Dad Listened To A Lot Of Traditional Irish Music And I Grew Up Doing Musical Theater. So Most Of The Music I Was Exposed To As A Kid Was Pre-rock N' Roll.