067: Jerry Zaks | Ferocity for Life

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Growing up as the child of holocaust survivors, Broadway director Jerry Zaks, often found himself overprotected with his family wanting him to enter a “real” profession. At the moment he found his true passion and was happiest his family felt sorriest for him and that he had thrown his life away. But he had inherited from them a ferocious will to live that enabled him to take nothing for granted and propelled him in a vocation in which the odds are stacked up against you. Though not apparent on the surface, performers and directors are Spartans and in this episode Zaks will describe why.

Lessons

1. Seek out the roles in which you best fit and then make fulfilling them a matter of life or death.
2. Getting the part, whether it be the leading actor or position in a dream job, involves translating your talent into behavior that’s unforgettable.
3. Protect the possibility of a happy ending for as long as possible.

Transcript

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0:00.0	All right you're telling me you could teach anyone how to sing.
0:02.4	Yeah. You can't teach me. I can't sing. You can do it. I'm not even interested in singing but
0:06.9	It'll make you feel good watch you ready give it a try.
0:10.1	I'll give it a try. All right you know Smile, though your heart is aching, right?
0:15.0	Smile.
0:16.0	All right, give it a try.
0:17.0	Now take a breath.
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0:40.0	We are here,
0:45.0	And Pitts feel.
0:48.0	Pitts feel.
0:50.0	Wow.
0:51.0	Show tunes today.
0:54.0	We're not winning any jones for that one.
0:55.0	No, no, no, it's not all about winning.
0:57.0	We've got Dr. Johnny, we've got Seth for Lula.
0:59.0	We've got Colonel Nye, and I'm here, Joe Dee, and we are going to talk to Jerry Zacks and Marion and
1:07.5	Marion Tony Award winner tries to teach me how to sing which could never be done but guys full energy and you know what what would I ever learn is what I said to my what what could I possibly learn what would be interesting
1:20.0	about somebody who puts on plays on Broadway and I was actually surprised I'm pretty
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