David Denman

It meant so much to me as a kid to see professional theater and hear Shakespeare's words.

Petruchio is a very clever guy and clearly has a lot of bravado and confidence. My feeling is that he's broke at the beginning of the play and needs a dowry to save face back home.

I do things on TV that are kitchen-sink realism, which is great, but I like the challenge of a completely new language and dramatic environment.

I just spent three years on 'The Office.' I made enough money that I can take five weeks out and do a play.

I've known numerous actors who got a pilot that they thought was going to run forever, and they went out and blew all of the money. Now they've got a mortgage they can't pay for.

It doesn't behoove you as an actor to sit around and worry.

It is fun to do the one-off guest stars on stuff.

Hamlet' is the most famous play in the world for a reason. The journey you go on is incredible.

So often in sitcoms, it's like, 'Oh, that husband of mine. He just screwed up again.' They just have to tolerate each other. It's not the most fun to play from my perspective. But by the same token, you can't be like, 'We're just like Romeo and Juliet, always in love.'

So often, I think, in these relationship comedies, they don't necessarily reflect the people that I know. They don't reflect myself.

At the end of the day, none of us are doing an impression of the guys we are playing; we are just trying to create the essence of what they do for a living and go through with their families.

There's a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don't expect of you.