Robert Sean Leonard: Entertainment Weekly Interviews Him
July 15, 2007 by Lynn
Recently, Robert Sean Leonard sat down with Entertainment Weekly to do an interview. He talks about why after so many years of stage performances, he decided to do a TV show and what his plans are for this summer. Here’s an excerpt:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why did you decide to do a series now?
ROBERT SEAN LEONARD: I think age and financial need. I’ve been doing plays for so long. I didn’t really have any money saved. Buying an apartment in New York City [a few years ago] was a big thing: ”Oh, okay, I really have no money.” This is kind of a uniquely New York experience, but when you can’t afford an apartment nicer than the place you’re renting, there’s something so inherently depressing about it. The idea of moving to a place less nice than the place you’re in now, as you get older, because that’s all you can afford. It’s very common, but I just thought, I refuse, I can’t buy a place that’s not as nice as I’m renting. And I like movies, I like watching them a lot, but I don’t like traveling. So I thought, if I could somehow do a TV show that I liked, and that I was comfortable with and happy with, that’d be great. It’d be great to be in one place, to make a little money, and come back home and do plays.
You can read the entire interview here.
