Richard Kind

When I was a kid, you know, a kid lies in bed and dreams of being center fielder for the Yankees or, you know, being an astronaut, being a rock star.

I wanted to be a movie star.

I wanted to be up on the big screen.

The funny thing is, when I was angry at my parents, I wasn't going to write them a note that I'm running away.

I was going to make a film and show it in the theater.

That's how I was going to tell them I'm running away.

Yeah, and go, I'll show you.

I'm going to go make it big, and you'll see.

You'll see.

You'll be sorry that you didn't let me go see that movie.

And that's what I thought about.

So, you know, it was, that's what it was.

And I had a dream, my grandparents used to take me to Broadway because they lived in New York.

We lived near, we lived in Pennsylvania in Bucks County.

And so I would come, where I was from, my joke is you either went to the Spectrum to see the Rolling Stones or you went to Madison Square Garden.

I went to Madison Square Garden.

All my friends went to the Spectrum and still live in Philly.

I went to New York because that's what I knew.

My grandparents showed me the city.

And I wanted to be Zero Mostel.