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tion of Macbeth with Alec Baldwin and
Angela Bassett," he says. "Then I did

Romeo and Juliet."

ing his head, "despite a huge sign out-
side that reads, 'Not Open To The
Public.'"

Braff's film career also began to take
off: He did an independent film called
Getting to Know You (1999), with Bebe Jewish Life
Neuwirth, and Broken Hearts Club: A
In keeping with his passion for the
Romantic Comedy (2000).
theater, Braff's bar mitzvah had a
"That film was a turning point in my
musical theater theme. "It was my
brand-new career," he laughs, "if only
mother's idea because she knew how
because the character was so exciting. I
much I loved acting," he laughs. "At
played a bleached-blond, gay drug
the party there were these performers
addict — someone pretty far from who
dressed as famous characters from
I am. It began to open up doors for me
musicals, dancing on the tables.
with strong character roles."
"It was pretty humiliating. Even
Pursuing film, Braff
the musical theater
auditioned for more
kids there were
parts on the West
bowing their heads
Coast. That's when he
in embarrassment. I
came up for the lead
bowed out of the
in Scrubs, a role he
planning and then
tried out for initially
it happened."
only to appease his
Raised as a
nagging agents -.—
Conservative, then
until he read the
Reform Jew, Braff
script.
says that Judaism
"I auditioned six
has always had an
times," he recalls.
impact on his life.
"Each time I was corn-
"When I was very
peting with less and
young we kept
less guys and more and
kosher and were
more people in the
Conservative," says
room watching. The
Braff, who went to
final time all the NBC
Hebrew school and
executives were in the
whose older broth-
room, including Jeff
ers went to yeshiva.
The cast of "Scrubs":
Zucker, president of
"Then when my
'My mom describes it as
NBC Entertainment.
parents divorced, we
"M*A*S*H" meets "TheWonder
"No matter how
stopped keeping
Years,"
says creator/executive
much you practice in
kosher and became
producer Bill Lawrence,
the mirror, while driv-
more Reform. Now,
"but she a little biased"
ing your car or work-
I don't attend tem-
ing with friends, you
ple regularly, but I
don't get the part if
enjoy the traditions
you don't nail it in front of a room full
of Judaism and the holidays and
of people sitting 4 feet away from you
make a point of spending them with
— on that day, at that moment," Braff
my family.
explains. "It's terrifying."
Braff, very' single now that his last girl-
With positive feedback from interns
friend recently departed, lives alone in a
and doctors, Braff says he is proud of the
rented Hollywood Hills canyon house.
way his character, J.D., is portrayed.
In his spare time, he likes to do yoga,
Could J.D. be Jewish?
write short stories and hone his photog-
"No, we want to keep him nonde-
raphy skills.
nominational," he replies. "They want
When the show goes on hiatus, he
to keep religion out of it. In fact, you
plans on acting in plays.
don't even know what city the hospital is
"I love doing Scrubs; it is a dream
in
the writers want to keep the show
come true," he says. "But I want to
universal."
continue doing theater as well. I just
In actuality, the show's sound stages
feel lucky that I have all these
and production offices are located in the
opportunities." D
North Hollywood Medical Center, a
Eirik Knutzen of Copley News
defunct hospital shuttered in 1998 and
Service
contributed to this article.
renamed Sacred Heart Hospital exclu-
sively for the sitcom.
"So far, we've had at least two people
Scrubs airs 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays on
with head wounds rush in and insist on
NBC.
being treated in our ER," he says, shak-

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