After five years in theatre school, it became clear that you were trying too hard to be hip and cool and urbane. You had unwittingly thought that your sort of country ru persona would not be interesting to an audience. When did you realize otherwise? I mean, because of the kabuke show. We toured japan. And this was 19 91,. The first gulf war had just broken outn while we were in production. Some producers loved the anti war message of achilles and hector ultimately saying to each other, you are as i. We're the same. Whyare why are we trying to kill each other?