hiː bɪkˌeɪm ˈɪntɹɛstᵻd ɪn ˈæktɪŋ æt ðɪ ˈeɪdʒ ʌv twˈɛlv, wˌɛn hɪz ɡɹˈændmʌðɚ tˈʊk hˌɪm tʊ ɐ pɹədˈʌkʃən ʌvðə plˈeɪ ðɪ ˈʌɡli dˈʌklɪŋ æɾə lˈoʊkəl kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi θˈiəɾɚ kˈɔːld dˈɛzɚt stˈeɪdʒᵻz θˈiəɾɚ.
He became interested in acting at the age of 12, when his grandmother took him to a production of the play The Ugly Duckling at a local community theater called Desert Stages Theater.