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...Goodman, who lives in London with his wife Sue, a South African choreographer, knows all about relating theater to society. He led community projects around London in his youth and then spent the 1970s in apartheid-riven South Africa with Sue, taking theater companies to the townships. Despite some quality film cameos (remember the sniffy concierge in Notting Hill?) the stage remains his home. "You can feel the impact you have on people," he says. "It's humbling." Now, at 51, he is set for perhaps the most humbling giant step of his career, one that may finally make people...
TIME: You grew up in London's Jewish East End, which produced great theaterfolk from Harold Pinter to Lionel Bart. What did it teach you? GOODMAN: There was a defined Jewish community there, but we were anxious to blend in - which is why Jews gave their children good English names like Henry. I did my first musical at the age of 16, and there were lots of different communities in it. All those influences were just as important as studying Stanislavsky at RADA [Royal Academy of Dramatic...
TIME: Is theater less socially aware now? GOODMAN: Community work is unglamorous but fulfilling. Making the effort to go out to people taught me how an actor can be a facilitator...
...GOODMAN: I've been going from show to show, with no time for filming. But there's a pressure for film actors to be pretty, otherwise you have to play the bent lawyer or the cabdriver...
TIME: How do you feel about Broadway? GOODMAN: Great, but it would have been a terrible mistake to spend my career trying to get here. You've got to do the right roles for you, wherever. That's how you make it rewarding...