I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years.

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin's attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.

Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973.

When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada and America, and not one single review suggested that I played the role gay or that I seemed anything but Tevye.