Show People with Paul Wontorek: Andrew Garfield of ANGELS IN AMERICA
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
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ANGELS IN AMERICA Tony nominee Andrew Garfield talk about this truly transformative stage performance, his absolute favorite guilty pleasure show, his dad's favorite role in his repertoire and more.
Here are some must-read highlights:
ON BUGSY MALONE
“I could talk about BUGSY MALONE for hours. I was 14 or 15 at the time [when I played Fat Sam in a stage musical version]. It was my first time onstage at my local community theater. It was like coming home. BUGSY MALONE was a movie that I had seen on a loop since I was probably nine or 10. I know all of those songs by heart. It’s so funny. My dad came to the premiere of this Martin Scorsese film I did called Silence. He said after, ‘Well, it was no Fat Sam, but...’ He came to a few two-show days of ANGELS in London with my mom, and then they came to opening here in New York. My mom was just a swamp, crying her eyes out. My dad was behind her crying too. He said, ‘It was no Fat Sam, but...’ So that’s been the benchmark since I was a child.”
ON ANGELS IN AMERICA'S TEAM
“Growing up, I loved sport. I still love sport. I love being in my body, and I love being part of a team. I like serving something greater than myself. So of course, that links up to performing in plays. ANGELS IN AMERICA is the perfect ensemble for that. It’s a true ensemble. Without any one of us, the ship sinks.”
ON MISS VANJIE
“Some days, I get together with my closest friends in the city, and we watch RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE. I was so disappointed to see Miss Vanjie go, as everyone was. That exit is, I believe, one of the iconic moments of DRAG RACE history. That three times 'Miss Vanjie.' Like, were you taken over by a divine entity? It’s hypnotized the culture.”
ON PLAYING PRIOR WALTER
“He is this unforgettable, multi-dimensional, hopeful symbol of what we all can be. I think audiences respond to him because he makes us all feel possible. He makes us feel like a life of meaning and a life of fabulousness is possible for each and every one of us. That’s the genius of what Tony Kushner has written. I just feel very privileged that I get to hang out in his skin and organs. Going through the trauma he is facing is how he becomes who he is. I think that there’s something timeless about that journey, about facing your demons. Feeling totally dispensable and not only that, seeing your friends falling away around you-this is an experience that will make you as a human being. How do I begin to honor that, which so many men went through in the time of the AIDS crisis? That’s my privilege and my burden to attempt to make live every night for a fresh group of souls that come to the theater.”
ON HIS FATHER
“I was a clown when I was a kid. So my dad would try and wrangle me into making home movies with him. I owe my father a lot because he sacrificed a lot in order to provide for his family. I think he was very scared when I first realized that I was drawn to something that wasn’t very safe as a profession. He was very resistant at first. He’ll admit to that. It took a lot for him to allow me to go to drama school. He was very scared all the way through. It wasn’t until my first paycheck where suddenly, all of his longing came out. He remembered that his first dream was to be a screenwriter. That was his first dream that he deferred. We are the unmet dreams of our parents, as the saying goes. He came to the Oscars with me last year. We were just giggling to each other. He said, ‘The only person I want to meet is Jeff Bridges.’ I was like, ‘Dad, that’s not the way this works. We’re just happy to be here.’ And then Jeff Bridges sits down right next to him with his wife. He manifested that. I love him dearly. It’s amazing to be able to take him on this journey with me. What a man. I’m forever impressed by my father.”
ON THE HEALING POWER OF THEATER
“I’ve had beautiful moments with film. I really, really have. But home-home is the theater for me. I believe it always will be, as long as it will keep having me. I’ve been changed by movies. I’ve been more changed by plays. I see it as sorcery and magic. I saw Bruce Springsteen do it recently onstage. He was performing, and it was storytelling and singing. He chemically changed everyone in the room. He healed everyone in the room somehow, somewhat. He had shown me who I was, just by being himself.”
ON UNWINDING AFTER PERFORMANCES
“To come down from the show is really tricky. I don’t sleep until about 4 a.m. It’s a full meal. I started watching a TV show called RIVERDALE. It’s really fun! It's really fun. I really like it. I’m not ashamed. I really, really like it.”
ON HIS POST-ANGELS PLAN
“All of my friends are saying I should do a rom-com. I really don’t know who I am after this. It’s the kind of thing that changes you. It transforms you as a performer and as an audience member. I don’t know who I am yet. I’m really excited to find out.”
Andrew Garfield really is something else. He is so sensitive and vulnerable whenever I see him interviewed, and so introspective. I'm really excited to see him in this show next month and to have the privilege of looking forward to seeing the rest of his career play out.
Love how a “romcom” which is “really undemanding” becomes him learning how to sing and play piano and playing another amazingly complex character
Literally! Lol 😆 Goes on to play Jim Baker, Jonathan Larson, Peter Parker (again!) and having to LIE to the internet, and finally star in a True Crime Hulu series. This man deserves a much needed break 👏 💕💕
I could listen to him talk all day. So eloquent and insightful. I really believe that if more people were willing to achieve this level of vulnerability, we would all understand each other better and be better people because of it.
Just always a delight to follow Andrew
Omg I love this comment so much
That is a word that perfectly describes Andrew: eloquent. In every interview I have seen on internet videos.
His passion is so clear and invigorating, and I love how respectfully he handles sensitive topics. What a wonderful spokesperson for this play
wow what an interview - I didn't expect him to open up so much, what an honest soul - so rare these days!
This made me love Andrew more. He is so insightful, passionate, and open. He is such a terrific person and I am glad to hear he thinks of theatre as his home.
I taught this play in a Salt Lake City high school in the mid 90s. Tony helped me understand the nuances of the magnitude of how language can be used in such a way that his ideas within the two long plays talks to all of humanity. My students who were Mormon boycotted it, but not without me attempting to convince them to stop judging and just immerse in the beauty of the ideas and language. They came along. Their many essays about the plays were so beautiful. I sent one essay to Tony, who I knew from his beginnings, and he took the time to comment to me about this student. It meant such a great deal to all of us in the Advanced Theatre class. Kushner is America’s most promising living playwright.
MISS VAAAAAAAANJIE!!
Kinky Kid miss, vanjiee
the part when he was talking about his father really hit home with me
Andrew has such a great range, he’s done so many different roles! I feel like he’s done great in all of them. I wish I could have seen him in Angels in America!
Also 27:31-27:36 his facial expression and his hands…EVERYTHING!
"Angels in America" is available on National Theatre Live. I believe it can be rented or purchased.
gives a tony award winning performance and then goes home and watch riverdale god i love this man
I’m a huge fan of Andrew Garfield but when I’ve watched his performance in angels in America it fully doesn’t feel like Andrew Garfield at all, he just 1000% is the character
Amazing! This was after watching Billy Porter's interview about starring in Angels in America. Andrew Garfield is so sweet, reserved, vulnerable, and humble all the way through the end of the interview.
Can we have a character study with him please???
I am officially in love with Paul Wontorek. He is a genuine fan of broadway and the actresses and actors who perform. I like how he immediately puts his guest at ease.
I would kill to see Andrew in this role. He's one of my favorite actors. A great interview!
And still 4 yrs later he is inspiring countless others like me
I am so lucky to watch this interview. Thank you.
Ahhh he's so lovely, what a great and talented guy
this is fantastic !!! he seems like such an interesting person with so much soul, bless him
I cant be the only one who thinks hes a handsome dude
FratNightGaming You're definitely not alone dear
He's so cute.
Andrew hits me so deep! ❤️
26:35 for RPDR and Miss Vanjie part
rorychoc came just for vanjiee
THANK YOU!!!
i love andrew so much what an talented living legend love his every work!!
MISS VANJIE!!!
He’s just adorable
I love him so much ♥
Andrew Garfield loves Riverdale--so great! Loved him in The Social Network as well :).
Amazing interview!
Great Interview~always a pleasure.
Insightful, in-depth, and inspiring interview!
Love this guy
could listen to him talk for hours
What an interview! I'm exhausted!
I need to stop watching interviews with the actors when there's next to zero chance I'll be able to see the show.
Fabulous !
It kills me that I can't watch his performance! 😢
You can rent the London NTA performance on their website but honestly his portrayal (while captivating) is OTT
@@jenniferlawless3565 By OTT do you mean over the top? Because if so... the character is supposed to be over the top. That's how the character was written (I'm just saying this because you said that as if it's a bad thing). There's absolutely nothing that was bad about his performance, and his character being so over the top is what made a lot of it absolutely hilarious and a joy to watch.
"he had shown me who i was just by being himself"
The facts that he watches Riverdale makes me love him even more ❤️❤️
what an INFP
I wish I could have gone to see this but I live in Iowa lol
I came here for Miss Vanjie...
Him ans Nathan Lane is incredible.
So awesome.
Nathan Lane is so underrated in Hollywood, shame.
he looks exhausted. glad the shows will be closing this month.
Dermot Parker Wrong. It closes TWO months from now.
Paul I want to be you please give me your life ahhh
He looks like a '90s Joaquin Phoenix
他不会变gay吧。。。
……依然坚信他和石头姐😩
I’ve been finding him a really one-note actor lately. He does a kind of ungrounded hysteria that directors seem to encourage. I saw Angels in the National Theatre broadcast and thought he was the worst thing about the production. The only movie of his I’ve really liked lately was “99 Homes.” It might the fact that he’s not a comedian. All great acting needs that undercurrent of humour, and he can’t bring it, even in roles like Prior that have comedy built in.
rabbitfishtv I respect your opinion, but personally as an actress, I completely disagree. I’m not going to bring up all the technical reasons, just because that’s not necessary. I just know that his character was indescribably tangible, and though i knew nothing of what his character was, his performance made me feel empathy for this character. To each his own, but Andrew conveyed Prior Walter beautifully.
Ava Stovall I’m glad it worked for you. I saw the original Broadway Prior, Stephen Spinella, and Justin Kirk in the mini-series, and both gave Prior more grounded believability, in my opinion. Maybe it’s just that, as a gay man, I’ve never met anyone like Garfield’s Prior. He seemed hysterical in all the wrong ways to me. The one Garfield performance I’ve really adored in the last few years is “99 Homes,” where he beautifully portrayed the mixed emotions of his character, who was caught in a moral landmine.
I'd have to agree, Andrew's 99 Homes was my favorite and his NT performance was very scream queen compared to his Broadway performance. He and James McArdle seemed to have toned down their gayness (even Prior's shrieks) in the Broadway run. In Under the Silver Lake Andrew went bonkers and it was a welcome change.
@@avastovall3745 I've only seen clips from the NTA performance and even as a huge fan, I found his loud screaming and campness too much. I'm glad to hear he toned it down for Broadway.
I simply cannot watch this due to the host's RIDICULOUS hair. Or hairpiece. Awful.