Colm Wilkinson

You have to learn how to read contracts, how to position yourself, and about marketing. That is why you find the most successful artists are the ones who can mix creativity with business.

When I work with a character like Valjean on stage, I get totally absorbed in that man. I become that man. But there's always, outside of that, the third eye, which watches what you're doing. And you can say to yourself, 'I'm crying well' or 'I'm being angry well.' But there's always that element there, and it never stops.

As a journeyman singer, I have to go to where the work is.

Have you seen the Broadway version of 'The Lion King?' Go and see it. That's where the future of musical is.