Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I was going around competing I was always asking, 'What does that light do?' If you want to be successful, you have to understand what people are doing around you.
One time, it was really funny, I was going on stage... and they were like, 'Oh, we didn't mic the puppet! Mic the puppet!' So, that's how I know that sometimes I do a very good job, because they think that the puppet is actually, like, real.
And so I've always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business.
I think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to tell.
When you do an arena show, and the lights have to sync up to the sound, and the sound has to sync up to the music, and all of that - things are really mapped out, and you lose some of that spontaneity.
Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering into the film business in some other way.
In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.
When you're acting and directing, you're standing there acting with another actor, and you're trying to do your performance, and at the same time you're watching their performance, and making sure the lights are in the right place, and if the person is wearing the right wardrobe. All these things are going on in your head.
You get a different respect when you can handle things on the behind the scenes end as well as in front of the camera or in front of the mic.
I am usually a pacer. I go to the balcony to check the sight lines way up there, to check the sound system to see how the balance is.
I'm used to doing a lot of live broadcasting.
Doing gigs is great, but when you come together for a production in the theatre, that is something I have a lot of respect for.
My dad used to work in the theater as a stage manager, production manager, and lighting designer.
