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HUFFINGTON
11.11.12
how vulnerable and insecure she
was. She walked through the
world with a type of confidence —
sometimes real, sometimes false
— that was very much her armor.
Peeps is exactly the opposite. She
is all heart, she is all soul, she is
all love. There is no filter.
Henry Winkler plays Chuck Wood, a
legend in the adult film industry. What is
he like to work with? Henry Winkler
is the most lovable man. He is like
everybody’s favorite grandfather.
And to hear him say some of the
things he says in the play – I was
watching rehearsals today, and I
just was dying laughing with my
hands covering my eyes.
JEFF VESPA/WIREIMAGE
There’s a scene in which you present an
award in a dress with a high slit. Are you
intentionally channeling Angelina Jolie? [Laughs] I mean, the dress was
always gonna be designed with a
slit, but I definitely thought that I
should present my leg in maybe an
honorary Angelina Jolie type of way.
You’ve said in past interviews that you’ve
gotten more nervous about live performance as you’ve gotten older. Why is
that? Well, it’s funny. I had felt
that the past three plays that I had
done. But so far with this, I haven’t
felt nervous. I feel the same kind of
excitement and freedom I felt as a
kid on stage. Maybe part of it has to
do with where I am in my personal
life. Right now I have this kind of
incredible luxury – natural disasters notwithstanding – to be really
present in the work. This is what
I’m doing right now. This is what’s
going on. I think when you feel less
present, that’s when the nerves and
panic set in. So the thrill is back.
I mean, it’s terrifying every night,
but it’s the rush kind of terror
rather than the panic terror. So far, so good.
Graynor at
Hollywood
Life’s 11th
Annual Young
Hollywood
Awards in
2009.