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.

I subscribe to the great George G. Scott quote, "All actors are in trouble. Directors who don't help are a pain in the ass". We all need help from directors. We are all equally insecure.

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.

That's how you deal with stardom; you make it the least important part of your life.

It's my theory that if you hear enough applause and laughter at a young enough age, you're doomed

The Broadway audience is made up of a greater percentage of tourists now. There's not nearly as much variety and danger and challenge in what's being offered.

I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.