-Excuse me, Dr. Wolf... where are you taking Harold? -Uh, just on a...
little field trip. It's a very special occasion.
-Alzheimer's patients don't leave my floor
without authorization. -Sorry, Marcy!
We'll be back soon! -Hey! ♪♪ -This is a character
that's a little bit different from what people know me for, and I'm excited
to expand people's ideas of the kinds of characters
that I can play. -He took an Alzheimer's
patient out of the hospital on a motorcycle. The family
is threatening to sue. -It's inspired by
a real-life person, Dr. Oliver Sacks,
who was a renowned neurologist who dedicated his life
to his patients. His world is darkening
by the day, and those days are numbered. I choose to walk with him
to find a path forward because nobody else will. -Alright. Thank you. -He suffers
from prosopagnosia, which is face blindness,
which is something that the real Oliver Sacks
suffered from as well. -People say
he can't recognize faces. I just think he's a dick.
-The idea of a show that's specifically focused
on mental health and neurological issues
is really unique to me. There is this
really interesting opportunity for a universal experience
from an audience standpoint. -Went for a swim in the Hudson? -It's another coping mechanism.
-Ah. Well, it's not the worst thing
we'll smell today. -This is a show
that is bringing to audiences experiences
that they're going through, and doing it
with optimism and compassion. -Apparently, he's a genius. -We might actually learn
something for a change. -I feel deeply
connected to telling stories right now that actually offer
some sense of what brings us together,
as opposed to what separates us. -You want to change
how your patients see the world. -I want to change how the world
sees my patients.