Terry Gross
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So you have a great story about auditioning for Stephen Sondheim.
And I think this would be a good time to tell it.
You write about having a midlife crisis when you were 40.
I want to ask you about your mother because she sounds like such a wonderful person.
And like when you were growing up and you were being bullied, like she knew that you were gay, but she never said anything.
And she actually went to a gay pastor and said, you know, what should I do?
Should I say something?
And he said, no, you have to let your son bring it up.
Don't bring it up yourself.
Was that the right advice, do you think?
My guest is Jeff Hiller.
He won a 2025 Emmy for his performance in the HBO series Somebody Somewhere.
His memoir is called Actress of a Certain Age.
I want to ask you about a couple of health issues and how they affect you as an actor.