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ALS and started a company
to find a cure. There’s been
a slow progression. I won’t
be happy until they have
something that says this gets
rid of it.
JN: What were the most
important lessons you
learned from Morrie?
MA: There were two. One
has to do with dying and
one has to do with living.
The one that has to do with
dying says that death ends
a life but not a relationship.
What it means is that if
you put the time in, people
live inside your heart after
they’re gone. It’s like they’re
still there but far away and
you can’t call them. With
regard to living, I would say
that giving is living. Morrie
said, “Taking just makes me
feel like I’m dying; giving
makes me feel like I’m liv-
ing.” In my life, when I’m
giving [to the orphanage in
Haiti or charities in Detroit],
I always feel more alive than
when I’m doing something
just for myself.
JN: What do you want
audiences to think about
after they’ve seen the play?
MA: I’d love the audienc-
es in Michigan to do what
audiences around the world
have done. They watch these
two people have this incred-
ible interaction and slowly
start to see themselves in the
characters. Morrie reminds
them of a favorite grandfa-
ther or a beloved teacher or
a relative from the old coun-
try. My character reminds
them of themselves or what
they were when they were
younger and more ambi-
tious. They end up laughing
along with the characters
and learning along with the
characters. When they come
out, maybe they’re crying a
little bit or laughing along
with the funny lines, but
they’re moved and take with
them some of the lessons
Morrie gave me that I still
take with me.
The last line of the book is
“The teaching goes on,” and
I believe that the play does,
too. It allows this professor
to continue his lessons of
loving and caring and being
good to one another, and
I couldn’t ask for anything
more than that.
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