00:00I just felt like I had to say thank you to Tim and I sent him a letter two weeks
00:05before
00:05he passed.
00:06I didn't know but yeah and I got a response which was a beautiful thing.
00:11He was very appreciative and I think he was very sick when he got the letter.
00:20He was struggling a lot, I know because I've spoken to his publisher since and he struggled
00:26to speak and talk so I think he was really, you know, in a bad place but such a, what
00:32a
00:32legacy.
00:33And what was very strange was the day that he did die, the news of all the incredible
00:37things he did, you know, and he did many incredible iconic roles, it always started with the same
00:42person and it was Frankenfurter and I just played him so there was this real deep connection
00:48that I had even though I'd never met the man.
00:50And when it came out 53 years ago, it sort of gave people like a, I don't know what's
00:59the word, like a pass to feel free and to look at yourself in a different way and not
01:07be scared and feel freedom and liberation and that film I believe is, has only resonated
01:17for so many generations, for half a century because of his performance.
01:22So ahead of its time.
01:23So ahead of its time.
01:24It hasn't dated.
01:26It hasn't dated and then I'd go to the stage door every night and there'd be teenage kids
01:32and an 85 year old couple, straight couple from, you know, Iowa and they'd all be there
01:39with memories and feeling something that no other show has ever been able to make them feel
01:44and I was a part of it and I just felt like I had to say thank you to Tim
01:49and I sent him
01:50a letter two weeks before he passed.
01:52I didn't know, but yeah.
01:54And I got a response, which was a beautiful thing.
01:56Oh my God.
01:57That's the most incredible story.
01:59Yeah.
02:00Unbelievable.
02:00Unbelievable.
02:00Unbelievable.
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