(To date, Shane Mungit remains Weller`s) most interesting role. I thought Richard (Greenberg) did an amazing job of writing such a strangely sympathetic, but dangerous, narrow-minded young man. He was an amazingly complicated character. ... I just worked on the sympathetic part. To me, what made that character wonderful was his intense, emotional need. That was the main challenge.
The financial security (in TV) is incredible. I`m married and would like to start a family, and nothing`s better for that than a television show. It keeps you in one place.
(He was cast as Officer Johnny Sandowski in the 1993-94 ABC series,) Missing Persons. ... Daniel J. Travanti, from `Hill Street Blues,` played the captain of the department. It lasted one season. We limped along, extended six episodes at a time, but it was fun working in Chicago (the show`s locale) for a year.
(His role of Glengarry office manager John Williamson, a sort of cobra but with less warmth, marks Weller`s second Broadway success in a row directed by Joe Mantello '” coming on the heels of his memorable bigoted baseball pitcher Shane Mungit in Richard Greenberg`s Take Me Out .) It`s a great feeling to be in a hit that has won the Tony (as Best Play), ... as it is now (Best Revival).
quite a wild ride. It was great to be with the play as it progressed, and to see all the different flavors of audience that you got.