Kelsey Grammer
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They're revivified and are brought back to life in our minds, in our memories, in our extension of thought to them. They live again. So that's kind of what I wanted to say to people.
Yeah, my first understanding, remember is my favorite word, and my first comprehension of that was when I was 18, I was asked by one of the girls at the dance school that was on the same floor at Juilliard as I was, the drama department at the dance school was on the same floor, so we would all sort of co-mingle, and one of the girls said, I want to set a new piece I'm working on, she was choreographing,
Yeah, my first understanding, remember is my favorite word, and my first comprehension of that was when I was 18, I was asked by one of the girls at the dance school that was on the same floor at Juilliard as I was, the drama department at the dance school was on the same floor, so we would all sort of co-mingle, and one of the girls said, I want to set a new piece I'm working on, she was choreographing,
to music but I want the music to be the spoken word and I have this poem that I'd like you to read for me while I do these dancing moves and I said sure so and the poem had the word remember in it and at which point I thought boy that is the most powerful word in the English language it has remained that way for me I mean I like a lot of other words as well but
to music but I want the music to be the spoken word and I have this poem that I'd like you to read for me while I do these dancing moves and I said sure so and the poem had the word remember in it and at which point I thought boy that is the most powerful word in the English language it has remained that way for me I mean I like a lot of other words as well but
Remember is the one that gives me the most pleasure because of the idea that you were once a member of something. You were once close to another person in their membership. And when you remember them, they're no longer gone. They're there. They're there with you. And so that's when I first sort of really fell in love with the word itself. And then...
Remember is the one that gives me the most pleasure because of the idea that you were once a member of something. You were once close to another person in their membership. And when you remember them, they're no longer gone. They're there. They're there with you. And so that's when I first sort of really fell in love with the word itself. And then...
When we were discussing the title for the book, it was like, you've got to remember, it's got to be in there somewhere. And it's about Karen, so it became My Brother Remembers. But in reading it, you learn the value of the work to me, and hopefully to another group of people who will read it and say, Yeah, I feel that. Because once that starts, it's like channeling almost.
When we were discussing the title for the book, it was like, you've got to remember, it's got to be in there somewhere. And it's about Karen, so it became My Brother Remembers. But in reading it, you learn the value of the work to me, and hopefully to another group of people who will read it and say, Yeah, I feel that. Because once that starts, it's like channeling almost.
You take one step into it, the first sentence, the first word, and you're suddenly, you've broken through every time barrier in the world. You've pulled people out of the grave. You've re-embraced them again. And it's a wonderful thing.
You take one step into it, the first sentence, the first word, and you're suddenly, you've broken through every time barrier in the world. You've pulled people out of the grave. You've re-embraced them again. And it's a wonderful thing.
Sure. Um, for a long time, it was very hard for me to think about Karen. And, uh, But I was excavating the tragedy. I was unearthing that a lot of the time. When I would reflect on her, I would reflect on what she suffered and what took place in her life and the people who were responsible.
Sure. Um, for a long time, it was very hard for me to think about Karen. And, uh, But I was excavating the tragedy. I was unearthing that a lot of the time. When I would reflect on her, I would reflect on what she suffered and what took place in her life and the people who were responsible.
And there were so many other things that sort of echoed through my mind that were not honorific, that didn't... celebrator that just sort of mourned her and I was sort of lost in a kind of a loop of mourning that was not uh it wasn't healthy it was it was it was but it was what I had to do I mean it's not that it was unhealthy it was just it's what I was given at the time and you know I was
And there were so many other things that sort of echoed through my mind that were not honorific, that didn't... celebrator that just sort of mourned her and I was sort of lost in a kind of a loop of mourning that was not uh it wasn't healthy it was it was it was but it was what I had to do I mean it's not that it was unhealthy it was just it's what I was given at the time and you know I was
I always loved the book of Matthew, you know, do what is given unto you. I was stuck in that. And it took me this book to actually find my way out into saying, oh, God, I'm so happy I knew you. Yeah, it was a great moment to understand that.
I always loved the book of Matthew, you know, do what is given unto you. I was stuck in that. And it took me this book to actually find my way out into saying, oh, God, I'm so happy I knew you. Yeah, it was a great moment to understand that.
in the writing of it, that I was going to have this chance to be with my sister again and to hold her and to love her and to hold her hand and laugh at things together again. And it was a really extraordinary thing. It was a great, great life we had together, which is why it was so tragic to me. It was so hard for me for a long time to kind of wrestle out of that.
in the writing of it, that I was going to have this chance to be with my sister again and to hold her and to love her and to hold her hand and laugh at things together again. And it was a really extraordinary thing. It was a great, great life we had together, which is why it was so tragic to me. It was so hard for me for a long time to kind of wrestle out of that.
And I really didn't do it for a long time. And I think the message that came through was Karen saying, it's time. You need to... remember and live your life.