“As a younger actor coming up, I wanted to be in films.”

I get to play out all kinds of bad behavior without anyone actually coming to harm.

I think having the opportunity to get inside the skin of people that operate outside the law and normal moral and ethical restraints, and then to go home afterwards leaving them on set, is pretty cathartic.

For me, if the writing and – by extension – the subject matter and the characters are all good, it doesn’t matter if it’s film or TV. Each medium has great things going for it.

I like people and I like hearing their stories. The way that they deliver them is always very particular and I think that their accents are integral to that.

There’s something special about being on film sets; there’s an excitement; the people in every department are passionate about what they do.

[Playing] the bad guys tend to be fascinating. Figuring out what makes them do the things they do is what interests me.

I wanted money without the job.

I initially wanted to work in the music industry more on the A&R side.

I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that.

I always loved Alan Menken songs and wanted my first album to be a tribute to him and his work. I always loved his music.

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer – not on my private life.

I wanted to look different because I felt different

I never wore full-on eyeliner in high school, but I wanted to.

Because they wanted a sympathetic ally in power. So I think it really was the opening act of World War II.