00:00Excuse me, Dr. Wolfe
00:02Where are you taking Harold?
00:04Just on a little field trip. It's a very special occasion.
00:07Alzheimer's patients don't leave my floor without authorization.
00:10Sorry Marcy, we'll be back soon.
00:17This is a character that's a little bit different from what people know me for and I'm excited to
00:23expand people's ideas of the kinds of characters that I can play.
00:26You took an Alzheimer's patient out of the hospital on a motorcycle. The family is threatening to sue.
00:31It's inspired by a real-life person, Dr. Oliver Sacks, who was a renowned
00:37neurologist who
00:39dedicated his life to his patients. His world is darkening by the day and those days are numbered.
00:45I choose to walk with him to find a path forward because nobody else will.
00:49He suffers from prosopagnosia, which is face blindness, which is something that the real Oliver Sacks suffered from as well.
00:59People say he can't recognize faces. I just think he's a dick. The idea of a show that's specifically focused on
01:06mental health and
01:08neurological issues is really unique to me. There is this really interesting
01:14opportunity for a universal experience from an audience standpoint.
01:18Want to go for a swim in the Hudson?
01:21It's another coping mechanism.
01:23Well, it's not the worst thing we'll smell today.
01:25This is a show that is bringing to audiences experiences that they're going through and doing it with
01:32optimism and compassion. Apparently, he's a genius. We might actually learn something for a change. I feel deeply
01:39connected to
01:40telling stories right now that actually offer some sense of what brings us together as opposed to what separates us.
01:47You want to change how your patients see the world? I want to change how the world sees my patients.
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