Maria Friedman

And it's just thrown away.

He says, you really like what I wrote?

Yeah.

He says, yeah.

He says, you do.

And that's it.

And that's two hours including an interval later.

And the whole audience just go, oh.

You just feel the pain.

That's a quote.

Yeah, yeah, it is.

There's another thing, though, what I find really interesting, both as a performer and watching people like Jonathan, is that we have one tool that is our very, very best friend as an actor, and that's staying present.

The greatest actors are present.

They're not doing yesterday's show or a plan in their head.

And because we change and the audience change, you know, we have different days, we're tired, we've had an argument, we've fallen in love, whatever it is, whatever it is, our life is running in town alongside the play.

That if you are skilled enough and open enough as a performer, the person in front of you will be changing slightly.

every day and when an actor presents you with something different you can do two things you can resent it because it takes you away from what you plan to do or you go with it and it makes you richer and deeper and hopefully ultimately they come back to something that you need and want that it's a

Conversation is a constant conversation.

And I don't know if that's right, Jonathan, that I see you every day, every time I pop in and see you.

It feels fresh because it's now, it's today.