सच कहूँ तो, 'मर्फी ब्राउन' से पहले दो साल तक मेरे पास कोई काम नहीं था। आज यह सोचना एक अच्छा भ्रम लगता है कि हम सब अपने पेशे के शीर्ष पर बैठे बेहद सफल और प्रतिभाशाली लोग थे, लेकिन यह तो बीत चुके वक्त को देखने का नज़रिया भर है। मुझे इस तरह की नौकरी के लिए भगवान से प्रार्थना करनी पड़ी थी।
Frankly, to be honest, I hadn't worked for two years before 'Murphy Brown.' It's a nice illusion now to think of all of us as terribly successful and talented people at the top of our profession, but that's hindsight. I had to pray for a job like this.
Frankly, to be honest, I hadn't worked for two years before 'Murphy Brown.' It's a nice illusion now to think of all of us as terribly successful and talented people at the top of our profession, but that's hindsight. I had to pray for a job like this.
जब आप एक अभिनेता के रूप में शुरुआत करते हैं, तो आपकी उम्मीदें और माँगें बढ़ती जाती हैं। पहले, आप बस एक ऐसा किरदार बनना चाहते हैं जो मंच पर आए, जिस पर एक-दो बार हँसी छूट जाए और वह चला जाए। मंच पर सिर्फ पाँच मिनट, ब्रॉडवे पर भी नहीं। लेकिन रात को जब भी आप अपनी छोटी सी प्रार्थना करते हैं, तो आपकी माँगें और बढ़ जाती हैं।
When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage and gets a laugh or two and exits. Just five minutes on a stage, not even Broadway. But every time you say your little prayer at night, you place more demands.
When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage and gets a laugh or two and exits. Just five minutes on a stage, not even Broadway. But every time you say your little prayer at night, you place more demands.
एक अभिनेता के रूप में मैं हमेशा से थोड़ा संकोच करने वाला रहा हूँ, और मुझे लगता है कि कभी-कभी लोग इसे मेरा अहंकार समझ लेते हैं। जब मैं 30 साल का था, तो ऑडिशन के दौरान जाने-अनजाने मेरा ऐसा प्रभाव पड़ता था कि निर्देशक मुझे देखकर मन ही मन तीन पीस सूट पहना देते थे या मेरे हाथ में ब्रीफकेस थमा देते थे। अगर कोई अकड़ू या सख्त मिजाज इंसान का रोल होता था, तो मेरे आते ही निर्देशक का चेहरा खिल उठता था।
I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.
I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.
मैंने ठीक उस समय स्कूल की पढ़ाई पूरी की जब क्षेत्रीय रंगमंच का विस्तार हो रहा था। अचानक ही, कई नई कंपनियों को अभिनेताओं की आवश्यकता पड़ने लगी।
I came out of school just at the time regional theater was first expanding. All of a sudden, lots of new companies needed actors.
I came out of school just at the time regional theater was first expanding. All of a sudden, lots of new companies needed actors.
मैं एक बहुत अच्छे परिवार से ताल्लुक रखता हूँ। मेरी माँ एक पियानो वादक थीं और मेरे पिता एक सेल्समैन थे। वे पूरी तरह से मध्यम वर्ग के थे और मध्य-पश्चिम (अमेरिका) से थे।
I come from a wonderful family. My mother was a pianist and my father was a salesman. They were very middle-class, very middle-Western.
I come from a wonderful family. My mother was a pianist and my father was a salesman. They were very middle-class, very middle-Western.
मैं अपने परिवार से अलग नहीं होना चाहता था। मैं कोई हंगामा नहीं खड़ा करना चाहता था। लेकिन मेरे मन में यह अहसास था कि मैं कुछ ऐसा करना चाहता हूँ जिसे करने में मुझे मज़ा आए। अभिनय ही वह चीज़ थी जिसे करना मुझे सबसे ज्यादा पसंद था। ज़रूर कोई ऐसा पल आया होगा जब मैंने महसूस किया होगा, 'ओह, हे भगवान, मुझे यह पसंद है और अब मुझे इसके लिए क्या करना चाहिए?'
I didn't want to break with my family. I wasn't about to make waves. But I had this feeling I wanted to do something that I liked to do. Acting's what I liked to do most. There must have been a moment when I felt, 'Oh, my God, I like this and what am I going to do about it?
I didn't want to break with my family. I wasn't about to make waves. But I had this feeling I wanted to do something that I liked to do. Acting's what I liked to do most. There must have been a moment when I felt, 'Oh, my God, I like this and what am I going to do about it?