He s understudying the Messenger. I want him to get into the Greeks the way I was. I suspect it s because the people here are grounded in a real world, as opposed to the corporate organization of England s large theatres. I think that the audience here has a sense of pride about their theater, about belonging to a community. That is what theater is about.
Theater is a community.
You know, I think that an actor s job is to change people s lives. I think you have to go out and get them in their seats grab them viscerally. It goes all the way back to the power of language, and to straight-forward, linear, classical art, like Beethoven s Ninth, and Shakespeare, and the Greeks. Medea is a great story on so many levels. It s a story that says, if you abuse people, they will get back at you.