
Episode 898 - David Mamet
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Yiddish Theater
The actor grew up in Chicago, where he worked as a busboy at Second City. He says his family is Russian-Polish and had to change their passports from one country to the other because of WWII. As a kid, he was an actor for community theater before getting involved with improv comedy. "Stannis Lofsky ... said that's where the pretty girls are"
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