Interview

Anyway, moving right along...

There have been a lot of new interviews David has done lately as a result of the The Bourne Ultimatum DVD release. Seems odd for there to be so many for the DVD release rather than the film's theatrical release, but I'm not complaining! Considering interviews with David are pretty rare, it's nice to suddenly read so many of them.

However, whenever a new film of his comes out now, these journalists tend to ask David the same questions over and over again (it drives me nuts!, so I can't imagine what it must be like for him during these press junkets to answer the same darn thing over and over and over again.) The interview below is an exception. It's one of the most interesting (and least repetitive!) I've read in awhile. Enjoy.

Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast With...David Strathairn
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 10, 2007

Elegantly serious, actor David Strathairn wasn't always so composed. To watch his cool command of roles such as CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen in The Bourne Ultimatum or Edward R. Murrow in his Oscar-nominated performance in Good Night and Good Luck or even in a guest spot on HBO's The Sopranos it's hard to imagine he began as a clown. After graduating from Williams College, he joined the circus. Strathairn, 58, started a children's theater company and finally got a break when John Sayles cast him in Return of the Secaucus 7. The Bourne Ultimatum is available in stores on DVD tomorrow.

Q: Your parents were professionals. Was there some dismay when you ran off to join the circus?

A: I don't know. You know, I never really had a one on one, except for, after the fact. Yeah, I suspect there was a bit of dismay. I remember both of them kind of instilling us with whatever you feel passionate about, go for it. Although the times, from let's say 1960 to '75, were tumultuous. There probably were a lot of parents who were dismayed. (Laughing)

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