Given what has been going on in your life lately, have you been using the golf course as a place to escape?
There’s nothing better than having nothing to focus on than a still white ball. And nobody’s looking. I find it very therapeutic. Even if you can’t hit the ball on that particular day, there is a privacy and a Zen quality to golf that I love.
What is it specifically that you get out of the game?
There’s a reason a lot of actors carry golf clubs along with their script when they go to work on a movie, because there are days when you have time off and it’s not easy to walk around sightseeing when people recognise you. There’s a wonderful solace from being out there on a beautiful course, wherever you are in the world.
Let’s turn to your work and your recent success. How was the experience of such a long run on Broadway?
It was extraordinary. It had been 20 years since I had done a run like that. I’d done one- night concerts and Chicago but nothing like that. When I started rehearsals and started to work it was like, “Why has it taken me so long to do this?” It’s a great experience, and then I won a Tony award and it really was unexpected. But it was great.
