Green Day were heroes of mine growing up.

I do not take my job lightly.

I don't think you are ever really done working on something, especially if you can get back into rehearsal.

In the back of my mind, when we were developing 'Next to Normal,' I always heard Alice Ripley.

I'm a big believer in creating parameters for creativity. I think parameters make people more creative. So that starts with my budgets. I only do low budget movies, and I think that makes the movies better.

Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps me creative and on my toes and meeting great people. I can't imagine a better way of working than on a play.

Without the knowledge of music, it would be very hard to write film music. There are so many films, and each one has a different historical background and everything.