Dan Amboyer

“I did 'Christmas Carol' off and on through my teenage years, so I always had that dialect and that sound in my ear, which was so helpful. It became second nature.”

“I am one of four, so I have two sisters and a brother, and I'm the youngest.”

“I'm from Detroit, so not exactly Buckingham Palace.”

“I want to live my life moving forward with integrity and pride.”

“I came out to my family when I was 13. I was a very young kid, a vulnerable kid.”

“I grew up in Michigan and - where to start? I mean, my dad was a doctor who worked at a jail. He was more like a jail administrator. My mom was a public school teacher. There's no artists in my family whatsoever.”

“I was a chubby kid, an outsider, and then all of a sudden I shot up to 6 foot 2, and people started calling me handsome. I couldn't accept it; I couldn't see it.”

“Middle school left some scars, as I'm sure it did for many of us. When my body started to change, I felt a bit like I was living inside a stranger. People began responding to me differently, which was confusing.”

“Theatre is all about the process and the sense of community that is created. You have weeks of rehearsal, time to explore your character and get to know the other actors. There is opportunity to try off-the-wall ideas, to find layers and nuance over weeks. You become like a second family with your cast.”

“I strive to destroy fear and judgment that once stifled me.”

“Being a young actor in the industry, I had a lot of people who strongly advised me to stay quiet. That was hard to live with. But I've never played a gay role before, and I didn't want to be limited by some strange perception.”

“Got a degree in acting and actually double majored in musical theatre. And then I came straight to New York and started working.”

“It is exhilarating and dangerous to perform live. You are walking a tight rope in front of hundreds of people: anything could happen on stage, and whatever does, you must find a way to make it work.”

“I've been painting since I was a kid.”

“I don't really get nervous about the people I'll audition for, especially if it's people I admire and want to work with: it actually makes me more excited.”

“I've learned that no matter what shape you get your body into, if you don't get your head right, you're not going to feel good about yourself.”

“We have to try harder to do our best every day, challenge ourselves to better our world.”

“New York has everything, so you can do anything.”

“When you do a show eight times a week, you are constantly living in the same world for that whole time, but when you have such drastically different characters and circumstances, you have to find a way to take a moment to reconnect.”

“I am a New Yorker! Mass transit is my sweet ride. I know the subway system like the back of my hand.”