people that you don't know in a packed subway car and trying not to cry, that's my life. >> jessie tyler ferguson commuting time, los angeles style. >> i look like a crazy person when i'm driving around in l.a. because i'm talking to myself, using gestures and like screaming, doing different characters. >> ferguson was memorizing his broadway role while shooting "mad earn familiar low" those lines given to him the morning of the taping. >> that's the thing on tv you hold your script in your hand. then you -- then start to sick it. >> as the good book says, we shall be healed. >> for danny learning lines is really homework. >> because of our tradition, we've kept our balance for many years. >> everyone knows who he is. >> and who god expects him to do. >> last september was the first rehearsal for fiddler just a week away, he was running lines with his wife can actress rebecca lucor. >> we understand each other. we understand each's other weaknesses and strengths how to help each other. >> when i'm up there on stage, she's up there with me. i think that she would say the same thing. >> he reached