I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions.
It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.
Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!