Nathan Lane

This must have been an old producer if he said Joe Louis.

Well, musicals are a young man's game.

Musicals, it's like you're quarterback for the New York Giants.

It's an athletic event.

And, you know, I'll tell you what happened with the producers is I was so, you know, it became such a phenomenon.

And I felt the pressure of now, you know, of living up to the hype.

And I didn't protect myself vocally.

I just I was out there doing it.

My homage to Zero and yelling and screaming and carrying on and then having – singing song after song and you – and after six, seven months, I had hurt myself.

And what I find is – and Salesman is difficult because of where you have to go.

It's a play that tests you.

And it costs you because you have to go there night after night after night like Iceman Cometh.

But there's something about this play that it's taken me a long time and I'm proud of the work.

And I attribute a lot of it to the genius of Joe Mantello, who guided me in this role.

And it's been the most rewarding thing I've done.

I'm not interested in stories about the past or any crap of that kind, because the woods are burning, boys.

You understand?

There's a big blaze going on all around.

I was fired today.

How could you be?