Hale Appleman

I started reading and fell in love with the worlds and characters Lev Grossman created. I'm taken with his exploration of an idealized childhood fantasy through the lens of adulthood, or coming into adulthood. ”

I always loved magic and fantasy/adventure series as a kid. ”

Some day, I'm in a horror movie, and some days I'm in, like, a sweet, independent feature about relationship. ”

I went to Carnegie Mellon for a year and a month or two, and then I dropped out because I got a movie. I didn't anticipate ever leaving school - I was a really serious drama student - and then that happened, and my life sort of took a turn. ”

Born in the Village. My mom still lives on Bleeker Street. I went to the performing arts high school. ”

I spend a part of the year in New York when based in L.A. and vice versa. It's the only way I feel balanced. Outside of theater and my community of friends out there, my family is still in N.Y., so I have a lot of reasons to spend time out there as well. I guess I'm bi-coastal. ”

I think actors are meant to have crises of faith; I think it's part of the job. I think it makes you a stronger person and a stronger actor. ”

Shooting a new story out of order every week is a fundamentally different beast than stage work, where you tell the same story every night from beginning to end. ”