It's not unusual for people to like Florida in the winter. I'm not a great tourist. I like coming down to work.
If work isn't rooted in comedy, people will turn from it, or they'll use it like soap opera.
People expect someone with the name 'Israel Horovitz' to be a little old man with sideburns carrying a Torah.
L.A. is so focused on TV and film that theater is kind of an arcane sport. People look at you like you're doing something cute.
If you prepare, and you've got wonderful, bright people who get it, who accept and appreciate your preparation, then you don't have to explain yourself 9,000 times.