James Thomas
James Thomas
excited last passed pleased
I'm very excited about this. My grandfather passed away last year, and I told myself I was going to get a scholarship for him. He always wanted that for me. I'm just so pleased that it actually happened.
bits great mainly music pop scoring songwriter stuff
I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot of scoring and some stuff for British pop music that did pretty well, but I've mainly been working on my own stuff with Duncan Sheik.
depression fell felt ideas learned life music pushed sat suffered time
I suffered a bout of depression that pushed me to reevalute things in my life, and I learned a lot about myself and the world and my spirituality. I sat at a piano, and the ideas fell into my head. I started playing, and I felt comfortable with my music for the first time.
consistent core hardest life material whilst within
One of the hardest things I've encountered whilst working on 'Pippin' is the consistent irony, as a reflection from the core material of the show, within my own life.
fan incredibly life relentless york
New York City life is different from all other city life. It's incredibly relentless and fast, and I think when I first got here, it was incredibly exciting. It was also so hot. I didn't know New York got so hot. I'm not a fan of the heat!
call club dancing learning move shy terribly
I wouldn't call myself a dancer. I would never even dance in a club - I can't move my feet! I'm terribly shy about moving. I feel comfortable in my body, but dancing is like learning another language.
architect fancy might school
I like building and making things. I, perhaps, would like to try my hand at directing one day. Sometimes I fancy myself as an architect - but I think I might need to go back to school for that.
home
Oh, to be home again, home again, home again! Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!
anyone both
In auditions, you're not up against anyone else; you're both going in for the role, and it's like, whoever's right for it will get it. It's simple. It's not like, 'Oh I won!' There's never that element. It is very supportive.
almost exciting line nice plan role run surprised wet
The thing with 'Pippin' is not to over think it too much. If you try and overthink or plan and over-analyze - it's like with any role really, but this one specifically - you can run into sogging wet newspaper. It's just too exciting to do that. It's nice to be bounced around and surprised at almost every line that comes out of your mouth.
connect god gotta guy human next time
You can't be a human and a guy and not connect with Pippin... I often feel like Pippin. I come offstage sometimes like 'Oh my God, I've got to do this next time! I've gotta go there. I'm going to make this choice.'
age certainly coming life man parker perform peter
Any young man coming of age has a lot to go through. Peter Parker certainly has a lot of responsibility, and without doubt, so does Pippin - his role, his life, and how he is going to perform it. It's all about choices and how we make them.
biggest case city coach confident fun likes noticed seeing smoke team
We've got some smoke in the city now. Everyone can play on this team and that was not the case before. But the biggest thing I've noticed is that coach is confident now. He likes what he is seeing right now. This was fun for us tonight.
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