Steve Zahn’s teenage obsessions: ‘De Niro in The Deer Hunter was acting on a different level’

The Guardian 1 min read 4 years ago

<p>The actor and comedian discusses his early days in musical theatre, his love of U2 and his passion for fly fishing </p><p>The first album I bought was <a href="https://www.billyjoel.com/music/glass-houses/">Glass Houses by Billy Joel</a>. Then I went to the record store with my dad and he bought Jesus Christ Superstar and I bought the soundtrack to Patton by Jerry Goldsmith. My first concert is kind of embarrassing: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/25/daryl-hall-and-john-oates-review-elegantly-crumpled-soft-rock-statesmen">Hall &amp; Oates</a> in Minneapolis. I was a late bloomer to concerts. My wife went to AC/DC when she was, like, three. Now I’m like: “If it’s live, I’ll go, period.” But when I was young, it was like: “We’re going downtown? Ah, man.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/15/steve-zahn-teenage-obsessions-robert-de-niro-deer-hunter-u2">Continue reading...</a>
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