Journalist, Author & Syndicated Columnist
Phoning from his Oak Park home, John Mahoney apologizes for his squeaky faucet, which can be heard rattling in the background. “These old houses make so much noise,” says Mahoney, who is known to millions of TV fans as Martin Crane on NBC’s sitcom “Frasier.” “But I love them. They’re just wonderful to live in.”
There is a moment in Steppenwolf’s production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” that is especially poignant. Looking nervous and unsure, Tim Sampson, the actor who portrays the childlike Chief Bromden, announces that he doesn’t feel big, like his father. At 6-foot-3, Chief Bromden isn’t talking about his height, but rather his inability to come to terms with self-esteem issues that were passed down from father to son.