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
thinking the-end-of-the-day actors
I think, at the end of the day, if youre a good actor, then youre a good actor.
thinking fatherhood might
I'm about to turn 48, and I think that the closer I get to 50, the more I might be interested in fatherhood. But honestly, I'm not grown up yet myself.
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.
fortunate
I've done a lot of Broadway plays, and I'm fortunate they've all been so successful.
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.