That's my favorite play. So there are these incredible expectations. I know that I will never please everyone who's going to see the show. He shifts so easily in and out of different productions. Yet he continues to tinker with the role of Lear, Vinkler said, even now that he's well into the play's run.
Every performance is different.
I do try to learn from each one and not repeat a performance. Every show we do, I learn something. I think Shakespeare has taught me about life. My whole experience with Shakespeare has been a growing one. When I was doing Falstaff, there were some nights when I'd be on the side of the theater, waiting to go on, getting into character, and I'd think, 'I can't do this.