The Front Page Star John Goodman’s Advice to Young Actors? ‘Never Learn Your Lines’

John Goodman has returned to Broadway for The Front Page, marking an on-stage reunion with Nathan Lane. While on The Tonight Show, the Emmy winner revealed the two appeared together in a disco version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream back in the ‘70s. Audiences can now catch them together at the Broadhurst Theatre, albeit with decidedly less funk. Goodman also recalled his even earlier tales from the stage, taking us back to a time when an eighth grade Goodman played the grandpa in You Can’t Take It With You. Struck with nerves, he forgot his lines and had to be consoled by his director/drama teacher, who he happened to have the hots for. We suspect he knows his lines now, but who would say no to a hug from Jack O’Brien?