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you know I started in the theater here in New York
75 it for university Lincoln Center where
the first play it was a Eugene O'Neill's amber Jones and
so a a Eugene O'Neill just
I just was fascinated in how you view the united talk about a year old so hard
with six seven eight pages down into tears on
on the on the page and when I came at a college or to study at the American
Conservatory Theater
right came back here in and and and had a behinds in korea latest
Morgan Freeman played Corey Liuget left that this bill number seven left that
its ceremonies and are calm and let that work in Manhattan Theatre Club lip that
with the Florida and worked worked at the Public Theater 34 plays in a row
Henry Street soldiers play pulitzer prize-winner 100 be as well right
great so all those things happen I left in 1982
for what I thought was a 13-week jobs and housing elsewhere for
4 for children in 15 years later I came back
then again five years ago I came back a lazy I'm more of an issue
okay flat the only reason I
didn't come back is because I felt it was more important for me to help my
wife
raise my children him sold rewritten you know you can do a shoulder injury forced
to fly to California get back
so I did theater in in LA so he did what did you know I your work that
at the table I have I worked at well said I work
where the couple did a couple plays and and in fact before the first job would
come back and forth worked at the
what was it kalin aids how does not exist anymore Michael S act back in
those days when the colonies
it a laboratory so did you miss being on stage was that the reason did you
did you find yourself missing know my children now much youngest a freshman in
college
though so I can do it again now who it was really a simple as that as far as
coming back in New York with for what do you think the biggest difference between
doing a play and doing
I mean it's a cliche question but I'd be interested to know your answer I I think
apart what biologists said
is that you get to dig deeper and you get another day when you get the energy
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caring you about doing a job in
it comes in a theater somewhere and you know you picking your nose at home
somewhere quick could for the mail
there's no energy right now when I was on or on your way five years ago Julius
Caesar
I made a decision to sign autographs every night crop what I
three and a half to just down the road but
yeah ollie as I wrote my name is only make all my days in advance or decreased
and but
I decided yet well you know I wanted to say thank you
I have it was my way of saying thank you and the first night
it it was like five thousand people out that's okay with me everybody who has
played bill
from our show %ah go to my people just walking up the block
yeah I want your son is read rather but
honestly reciting for weak energy I was out there our have every night every
show
but the energy you got back to story the five little ladies room
who just drove in from detroit and I'm like what you're doing tonight is that
we get back in the car baby we gotta go back tonight
and you know little a four year old lady was like baby about was three years
younger
spy
yeah and I save is also
that because I hope it happens with this place we had %uh some high schools com
we had one school from somewhere after that where and they were doing do you
season for some young I was like well you know my boo this is a bit
is more the classic story
getting what it was great time engage in in in in in an exchange with these
young people with it was that there was an energy I got more from it then I gave
to
to the people that I sign for thats you know you don't get that
E you know the eye thing about success in film is is that budgets get bigger
you make more money but they become more formulaic
me so you don't get the opportunity so I God willing if I stay around long enough
this is what I'm gonna be doing my agent only it is I'm so sorry squad yeah
you know what day it is but the that you know I plan to do more and more
you know i love directing and I love beat
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