What was the highlight of the Jersey Boys experience?
Meeting all the actors who came to see the show, whose work I’ve admired for years. People like Joan Allen and James Gandolfini and Jeff Daniels and Steve Martin and Bruce Willis and Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. You’d walk down the stairs and they’d look at you and say, “Oh my god, you were amazing!” And you’re thinking, “What? You’re…YOU! And you’re talking to ME? Thank you so much!” Your career has not been a cakewalk. What made you persevere? Patience. Persistence. Prayer. Constant belief. Knowing that all of “the suits” were wrong, and all of the doors that were closed in my face, and all the phone calls that weren’t be returned, and all the letters that weren’t answered—I just knew it was only a matter of time. When I was in my 20s, I would go out for certain jobs and hear, “You’re too young for this older part” or “You’re too old for this young part.” I remember saying to my wife, “I’ll tell you something, Jenny-Lynn, when I’m 33, that’s when I’m going to start working nonstop.” An
