You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family.

Everything was coming my way, but I was going down. I was painfully empty.

I was jumping out of my skin. It was horrible. I was all over the place, because I'd never been in front of a live audience. That's a whole other element in the play, the audience.

The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies.