Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.
“Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.”
“I try to make myself look as normal as possible because I like people to relate to me.”