Growing up, I was such a big fan of Nintendo games.



I like people to be honest and transparent. It bothers me when people feel the need to embellish stories to make themselves look better.

I have a weird obsession with people who can speak multiple languages. I'd love to be able to do that.

When 'Rent: Live' was announced, I bugged everybody. The creatives, Fox, the producers, my team - I have to be Mark Cohen. It almost got to a laughable point for me. I was like, 'I have to be Mark Cohen.'

I always wanted to work on Broadway. That's something I always wanted to do.

I fell in love with art and music and dance and acting and how all those things can cultivate something really special and unique - depending on the performance and the show. That really kind of helped me develop my love of theater.

I grew up listening to the greats of the '80s and, thanks to my parents, the '70s - the Doobie Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie.