John Benjamin Hickey
John Benjamin Hickey
John Benjamin Hickeyis an American actor with a career in stage, film and television. He won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth25 June 1963
CountryUnited States of America
fortunate
I've done a lot of Broadway plays, and I'm fortunate they've all been so successful.
male
So much of male heterosexual comedy can be steeped in a gay panic. A lot of juvenile comedy is predicated on that.
attention cast high paying physics wondering
I was not paying attention during physics in high school; I was wondering if I was going to be cast in 'Pippin.'
dangers far horrors opened
I think so many doors have been opened for the gay community as far as the dangers and horrors of HIV. There is so much more out-ness now.
normal season shooting third time
I was shooting the third season of 'The Big C' and doing 'The Normal Heart' at the same time on Broadway, and I thought, 'I'll never do anything as difficult as this.'
nobody wants work
Nobody wants to hear an actor complain about too much work - especially other actors.
great
One of the great joys of being an actor is you get to go back to school.
When I'm clean-shaven and bathed, I look like a lawyer.
addictive anxious gotten work
Work is like a drug. I'm jonesing for more. It's gotten more addictive than I had realized. I get anxious when I have nothing to do now.
job might nice position students
The only advice I give to acting students is, 'Be nice to your underclassmen. You never know who might be in a position to help you get a job one day.'
amazing good
There's an amazing documentary, 'The Day After Trinity,' which is crazy good.
hot vice word
Your wife doesn't want to hear a word about how hot your mistress is, and vice versa.
act beings favorite human left scale
Collaboration to me is... my favorite collaboration in the theatre is the collaboration between the actors and the audience because it's just that thing that happens when the only thing left that is left on the human scale is that human beings come to look at other human beings act out stories.
hard
After you do a play like 'The Normal Heart,' it's hard to find something you feel so passionate about.