When Playing A Role, I Would Feel

When You Take On A Role You Try To Do As Much As Possible Beforehand To Get Your Mind Into It. Just To Prepare Because It's A Daunting Prospect To Go Six Months Or Whatever.

When You Do A Play, You Have The Kind Of Nightly Feeling Of Accomplishment. But You Also Have The Daily Dread Of The Doing It Every Night. And Because You're Doing The Whole Thing Every Day, It's Like Climbing Up The Mountain Every Single Night. With A Movie It's Like Climbing The Mountain Very Slowly, Over Months Of Filming.

As An Actor, You Try To Bring As Much Of Yourself To A Part To Try And Create A Feeling Of Authenticity And Emotional Truth And Resonance.

I Don't Follow Sports That Much Now, But I Was A Phoenix Suns Fanatic In The Early '90s.

I Grew Up In A Secular Suburban Jewish Household Where We Only Observed The Religion On Very Specific Times Like A Funeral Or A Bar Mitzvah.