Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare festivals that my father produced, I went off to college and fell in with the theater gang. I was already an experienced actor. I became a kind of campus star. I heard all this applause and laughter.

One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it tells people about my dad. He really was an important man. He was a kind of pioneer of regional theater. He was the first American producer to ever produce all of Shakespeare plays.

I never get tired of hearing compliments.

If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too

Anyone who hears enough laughter and applause at a young age will become an actor, whether they intend to or not.

Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me.

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.