When I'm in the audience of Broadway shows, I feel like I'm in the presence of something really special with artists working at the height of their craft and doing the best work that they possibly can.
One of the things I've found about SpongeBob's movement style is that, in addition to being animated and sort of stretching and squeezing, he's really based on the classic silent comedians, physical comedians.
I'd like to think I'm optimistic and imaginative.
You're always nervous about what critics say - about what anybody has to say, really.
The magnitude of being able to make my Broadway debut as SpongeBob in 'SpongeBob SquarePants' really only started to hit me when we took it out of town.
The process of finding my voice as SpongeBob was to start by watching what Tom Kenny did, trying to do an impression of sorts, and then forgetting all about it and letting the voice become a second-nature thing.
I start with a pretty yoga-based warm-up. I do jumping jacks and burpees, and I do a lot of dynamic stretching.
My mother passed away when I was seven. She had a piano in the house that she was teaching my sisters how to play. That was where I first encountered music, through her.
I love Broadway musicals, but there's a lot that I want to do.
Making my Broadway debut was, in and of itself, just a dream come true. I've wanted to be on Broadway forever.
Yellow's never been a good color for me, but it's actually grown on me. I like it more than I used to!
One of my favorite pieces of fan mail was a gift that I got. It was a jar filled with handwritten nice thoughts.
I've gotten to meet Sara Bareilles a couple of times. I'm just a such a massive fan of hers, from her albums to 'Waitress' to everything that she does. To be a fan of somebody and then find out that they have a good heart and are kind is really heartwarming.
Tom Kenny is awesome.
I've always loved the Marx brothers and Charlie Chaplin.
The whole cast and creative team were definitely aware of the 'This is the death of Broadway!' kind of thing about 'SpongeBob,' but we've been really ready to change people's minds. I'm really proud of being part of something that took the most creative route to a commercial entity.
To be honest, it was a little bit of a surprise to me that my Broadway debut was a musical.
Wrestling is a small, intimate sport.
I've always been somebody who sort of throws himself, you could say, obsessively into whatever thing I'm passionate about.
When the show starts, I am in my SpongeBob stance, and I walk like SpongeBob, and the first step that I take, I am SpongeBob.
