Clown-game offers abounded, but when I demanded to be seen as a three-dimensional human being, the work dried up. So, in 2000, I walked away from Broadway, left the music industry behind and moved to Los Angeles. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. There was skepticism again, but I was granted my five minutes in the room — five minutes that turned into an hour. I knew that the request for another audition was simply about making sure that what they saw in me was not a one-time thing.

Source: New York Times November 21, 2017 20:37 UTC