fore they told you? Yes, it’s true.
Apparently they were divorced
when I was about three and a half.
When I was five I found out my
dad was married in 1955 to Shirley. There was a certain amount of
shame to being divorced and being the son of a divorced couple. I
grew up in a very blue-collar area.
I got teased, so what? I got over it.
I’ve been divorced myself so I understand the concept.
But I have a strong bond with
the shows I do all over New Jersey. I spent a lot of time with mom
and my dad — in separate places,
of course — when they were doing summer stock, which both did
quite a lot of.
New Jersey still claims you as
one of its own on a lot of Internet lists, so it’s good that you
still feel that connection. I do. I
will always feel that. I was born in
Manhattan and I often talk about
being a guy from New York and I
still feel a very strong connection
to Manhattan, but I spent much
more time and more of my formative years in Jersey. Between the
ages of 5 and 11 you really form
yourself as a person. I had a lot
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October 2014
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