Mark Linn-Baker

I was a single dad in New York City, raising a child and pursuing a career.

Farce is a much-maligned form. It's easy to do badly, and therefore, audiences may have a negative feeling about it.

In low comedy, a character gets hit in the head, and you don't really believe it. In farce, he's hit in the head, but he must be hit in the head. The character requires it.

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.