and he brought back joe papp and this army of people.ed singing again, and joe stop me and said i want you to go to this other room, learned this song and come back. i learned it and came back. i had gotten about three lines, and joe said ok, and he handed me a script. it was the first time i had ever been handed a script. he said i want you to go home and read this. he wrote on the outside cover and he said there are the .oldiers pick out which soldier you best relate to. i read the script and i had no idea what was a good script and what was a bad script, and i called a friend of mine who was a director and i said i am in a do this script and he said from said from the .ublic theater and joe papp he said is a real? i said yes. he said is it too offensive? i says there are parts of it better offensive, but not so offensive that i wouldn't do it. he said you should do it. and i got started. in dallas, they had multiple study halls, and i just wanted to get out of them. >> what year was this? >> i don't know, like 1742 or something. i sai

and he brought back joe papp and this army of people. singing again, and joe stop me and said i want you to go to this other room, learned -- learn this song and come back. i learned it and came back. i had gotten about three lines, and joe said ok, and he handed me a script. it was the first time i had ever been handed a script. he said i want you to go home and read this. and he wrote on the outside cover, there are the soldiers. pick out which soldier you best relate to. i read the script and i had no idea what was a good script and what was a bad script, and i called a friend of mine who was a director and i said i am in a do this script and he said from where, and i said from the public theater and joe papp. he said is a real? i said yes. he says, did you read it all at one time? were you offended by it? i said, there were parts that were offensive. he said, was and still you would not do it? he said, was it funny? it was really funny. he said, it was a good script. >> how did you get on stage in the first place? >> i wanted to get