Nathan Lane

But yes, I mean, from a very early age, I was a voracious reader.

I think because of my brother, Dan, and also I had an uncle who gave me a lot of books.

And then I joined what was called the Fireside Theater.

It was a play of the month club.

Yes, that is correct.

And then eventually, you know, as I started reading plays and seeing plays because my brother, my brother Dan, he obviously saw that in me and encouraged it.

And he took me to see plays.

And then at one point when he was in college, they were putting on a play and they needed a child.

So he suggested that he said to his friends, my kid brother could do that.

And so he got me into this play.

So that was the first time I was ever on stage.

Anyway, and then he took me to see theater in New York.

And that was all very exciting.

And when, you know, as I would sit there in a theater with him and

You know, the lights would go down and the curtain would go up and the whole thing.

I just you wanted I wanted to be a part of it.

I just thought for some reason I thought I think I could do that or I certainly would like to try.

Yes, I was in grammar school and we put on a production of Around the World in 80 Days.

Very ambitious for a grammar school who had no budget.

And there was a scene where we were on a train and it was being attacked by Indians and people were running around and I was trying – I was a small, round child and I was trying to hide –