I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.
“At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I couldn't do it because I was only 15. Legally I needed to have another 15-year-old to cover consecutive nights.”
“For someone who doesn't even like love stories, I've played an awful lot of lovers.”