I Was Always The Clown

It's A Little Like Casting Out Hundreds Of Fishing Lines Into The Audience. You Start Getting Little Bites, Then More, Then You Hook A Few, Then More. Then You Can Start Reeling Them In And That's A Loveliest Feeling - The Whole Audience Laughing With You.

I Was Always The Clown In School. I Had A Personal Put Down Sense Of Humor. I Wasn't Vindictive. I Didn't Make Fun Of People.

You've Got To Love The Villain If You Have To Play Him. You've Got To Find Something That You Can Live With In Yourself If You're Going To Play The Villain In A Play On Stage.

I Remember Certain People In The Audience Laughing And I Wanted To Ask: 'what Are You Laughing At? This Isn't Funny.' Now I Realize That Laughter Can Come From Insecurity. They Don't Know How They Should Be Feeling.

We Talk About Theatre Museums Filled With Old Costumes And Things. What We Also Need Is A Theatre Museum Of The Old Routines On Videotape. We Are Only The Custodians Of Those Techniques, And They Should Be Preserved.