In a recent interview with Irish America magazine, actor Kevin Kline described what it was like to grow up as the product of a Jewish father and Irish-Catholic mother, how that background influenced his acting career and how he came to explore his Jewish heritage.
Excerpts appear below.
Kline sips his cappuccino, then leans forward in a conspiratorial fashion and smiles. She was definitely in charge. Agnes Kline, his mother, was of Irish descent and a Catholic, and Robert, his father, was Jewish. Kline asks incredulously. Well, that's a nice word for it.