My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.
I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.
Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it.
I won't ever do e-mail.
In Chicago, we love our crooks!
Characters on stage, like people in what we refer to as "real life," do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not speak to conceal themselves. They speak to get whatever it is that they want. It is the only reason they speak.