As a teenager I told my father, “You led us into the camp like sheep to slaughter.” I knew I had hurt him, this man that I loved so much. That’s haunted me all my life.
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Ahead of his Broadway debut, the Star Trek star answers the Proust Questionnaire, our signature interrogative.
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Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
As someone who loved the ideals of American democracy and made my small contribution to it.
One great big artistic challenge.
When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
I went overboard on the money I invested in the production of Allegiance. It did not return, but it was fulfilling that I was able to tell a story that’s dear.
After the war, when I was about nine, we were held up in our home. The robbers grabbed my father and had a gun at his throat. It was terrifying. My mother got a wad of money and gave it to the people, and they ran away.
I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.
There’s no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears. Though I do have that dream that I walk out onto the stage nude. Does that count?
Impatience and temper. Enough already!
Pope Francis, who left the Vatican to wash the feet of non-believers.
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