Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they were pandering to the audience and trying to manipulate the audience. I had no use for practically any of the shows that were hits.

I've been trying to figure out for at least the last 10 years how to force myself into something more risky.

My play is the ultimate expression of my feeling of the twilight of Western civilization.

I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main actor of the senior high school.

Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they were pandering to the audience and trying to manipulate the audience. I had no use for practically any of the shows that were hits.

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army.