'Tapestry' was the first album my mom ever bought with her own money when she was 14. So, needless to say, it was a staple in the household, at least when my mom was choosing the music.
Every role affects you.
I was initially just fascinated by the Branch Davidians. This doesn't really apply to Rachel Koresh because she was born into the church, and that was all she had ever known, but I was fascinated by the psychology of how people get to that place - a place like Mount Carmel and an FBI stand-off for 51 days.
A part of my job, when I'm playing a character and approaching a role, is to rationalize and to not judge whatsoever.
Supergirl is this unattainable, idealistic optimist of an alien, and all of us can escape into her world, and she always saves the day.
Essentially, what I do on 'Supergirl' is I'm acting out comic vignettes. That is its own muscle to flex, and it is its own skill.
TV sort of picked up for me before my theater career did.
I've essentially done theater for more of my life than I've done television or film, and it's really something I feel I know better.
It's lucky that my life outside of work is so mellow; I'm really a homebody and a hermit, so I don't have to worry about blowing my voice out.
I was Obi-Wan multiple years in a row. Alec Guinness' Obi-Wan. I was a Dalmatian once because I loved '101 Dalmatians,' and I think I was a Care Bear once and maybe a Spartan cheerleader from the 'SNL' skit. I'm terrible with Halloween, because I come up with these elaborate costumes and never follow through.
I don't take karaoke seriously at all. I'm not the type of person who will go and belt out Whitney Houston.
I fell in love with 19th-century Russian plays.
I learned the process of this kind of acting, how things run, how chaotic it can be, and what kind of different muscles you have to flex.
My life day in and day out is accessing my emotions and bringing them to the forefront.
