A friend of mine that I was in a band with started me on Kafka, which in turn led to Camus and Sartre.
I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.
I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons.