Film: The Substance of Fire
I played a Maitre d’ in a New York restaurant who has to kick out Ron Rifkin. He is 5'5" and I'm almost 6'. The cameraman couldn't fit us both in the frame. So I bent my knees and walked like Groucho Marx in every take. I had to remind myself: they could've hired somebody shorter, but they LIKED ME. A sweet movie.
Isaac Geldhart (Ron Rifkin), overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground. The result is a battle between him and his adult children to save the company.

Directed by
Daniel J. Sullivan

Written by
Jon Robin Baitz (based upon his play)
Ron Rifkin - Isaac Geldhart
Tony Goldwyn - Aaron Geldhart
Timothy Hutton - Martin Geldhart
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sarah Geldhart
George Morfogen - Otto the printer
Gina Torres - Maitre d'
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