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Friday, May 17, 1985

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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Not Just An Act

Continued from preceding page

began to realize what was im-
portant in life."
He was at a low point in his
career when he decided to
visit his family in Seattle. He
was going to film a show in
San Francisco with actor
Jack Lord, and then appear
in New York in a play he was
sure would flop.
"It was a very gloomy
period of my life," he com-
mented. "I hadn't been to
Seattle in eight years. I came
home to gloom and forebod-
ing, wondering when my next
buck would come. I traveled
around Seattle looking at old
places that were filled with
happy times. But I experi-
enced a very peculiar feeling.
Wherever I went, the places
were not the same. They had
changed so much. The world
that I knew didn't exist any-
more. But when I entered the
shtil, it looked just like it had
some 26 years before when I
was bar mitzvahed. I was so
struck by the sameness. This
place had no change to it like
my life, which was full of
change. It was a stirring mo-
ment for me. I didn't become
religious right away after
that. But this was an impres-
sion, and this started me
thinking.
By the time "Mission Im-
possible" came about, Hill
had decided to become ob-
ervant.
"When I went to 'Mission
Impossible' they agreed to
give me all my religious wish-
es in the contract, and as a
matter of fact I had no prob-
lems. Lucille Ball was one of
my bosses, and she was very
respectful of my religious
needs. But as it happened, it
was too difficult for the pro-
duction to release me early on
Friday or Jewish holidays.
"As far as the kissing was
concerned, that is true," he
added. "That was part of my
religious orientation that I
had to abide by, and it could
be that it wasn't an appealing
restriction on the part of
management, because natur-
ally it's also a very important
thing for a TV star to be ro-
mantic. But it was a re-
strictive area as far as I was
concerned."
Hill left the show in 1967
and left show business for
about two years. He married
his wife, Rachel, and then at-
tended a yeshiva in Monsey,
N.Y. During this time, he
turned down a quarter of a
million dollar offer to play op-
posite Steve McQueen in
"The Sand Pebbles." He
turned it down because he
couldn't get a guarantee that
there would be no filming on
the Sabbath.
"When this opportunity
was offerred to me, it was the
chance that I had been work-
ing toward from the age of 8.
I was offered the part soon
after I had made my final de-
cision to be observant. It was

either put up or shut up. I felt
it was a challenge. I don't
know how they're doing
things up there (he points up
above). I at first thought it
was an event of mockery or
scorn. 'Oh, you want to be
religious, huh? Well, here, see
if you can handle this.' Cin-
emascope, big screen, this
was it. I didn't see the movie.
I don't want to see it."
Richard Krenna got the
part.
Hill did not hit another real
milestone in his career until

"If you just choose
to live in the world
of show busin'ess
day and night, you
lose your
objectivity. But
religious life is
extremely
important in
assessing the roles
you play."

"Yentl" came around. It was
a film that fit perfectly with
his. lifestyle. And he's been
asked so often to explain
what it was like to work with
Streisand, that his answers
are almost automatic.
"People ire fascinated with
her," he said. "I was fascin-
ated too, but much less than
the public. I saw Barbra ori-
ginally when she was a 20-
year-old kid in summer stock.
Actors have to relate on a
much more informal basis, so
they can get their work done.
Still, working with her was a
lot of fun for me. She under-
stood things that I wanted to
do with my part, and I under-
stood what she wanted to do
with hers. There was more in
this relationship than just do-
ing the picture. Here we were
doing a movie with a religious
environment. This was the
first time in my career I could
really immerse myself com-
pletely and feel completely at
home in making a picture."
"Yentl," was about the
daughter of a rabbi who
wanted to attend yeshiva. To
,tio so, she dressed as a young
man. She ran into trouble
when she was asked to marry
a beautiful young woman.
Meanwhile, she fell in love
with the man who really
wanted to marry the young
woman. The young woman
was played by Amy Irving.
Hill played her father.
"Barbra took an interest in
making sure all of the reli-
gious details were recreated
to the letter," Hill said. "And
not only that, she wanted to
know the reason for every-
thing. This was wonderful,

