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Rober Hooks on walking off of a guest spot on Friends because the director wanted "Redd Foxx" from him

Rober Hooks on walking off of a guest spot on Friends because the director wanted "Redd Foxx" from him

On his childhood in Washington, D.C.; on how he became interested in acting and what he enjoys about acting; on moving to Philadelphia; on the death of his father and the music he associates with that moment; on his early film and radio influences

On seeing the play A Raisin in the Sun for the first time and the impact it had on him; on how he got his first role in a play -- in A Raisin in the Sun -- by going backstage to meet the actors and getting advice

On performing in additional plays, including The Blacks; on meeting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and later attending the March on Washington; on meeting Malcolm X; on how he got his big break -- a role in A Raisin in the Sun; on Diana Sands helping him get an agent

On appearing in the plays A Taste of Honey, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, Dutchman, Hallelujah, Baby, Arturo Ui, and Ballad for Bimshire; on the influence of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on him

On forming the Group Theatre Workshop; on co-founding the Negro Ensemble Company with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald Krone; on Roscoe Lee Brown being responsible for changing his name from Bobby Dean Hooks to Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks on how he got his first role in a play -- in A Raisin in the Sun -- by going backstage to meet the actors and getting advice

Robert Hooks on performing in the play The Blacks and meeting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and later attending the March on Washington

Robert Hooks on meeting Malcolm X

Robert Hall on how he got his big break -- a role in A Raisin in the Sun

Robert Hall on how he got his big break -- a role in A Raisin in the Sun

Robert Hooks on Diana Sands helping him get an agent

Robert Hooks on Douglas Turner Ward's contributions to the Group Theatre Workshop

Robert Hooks on Douglas Turner Ward's New York Times article, “Theater in America: For Whites Only?” and how it led to the formation of the Negro Ensemble Company

Robery Hooks on Roscoe Lee Brown being responsible for his name change from Bobby Dean Hooks to Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks on theater critic Jerry Tallmer reviewing the opening showcase of the Group Theatre Workshop, which led to getting funding to produce Douglas Turner Ward's plays

Robert Hooks on his friendship with Gerald Krone and on Krone becoming a co-founder of the Negro Ensemble Company

Robert Hooks on his sister getting him into acting

Robert Hooks on his sister getting him into acting

Robert Hooks on what drew him to performing

Robert Hooks on what drew him to performing

Robert Hooks on why he started a theater company and on the first company he created

Robert Hooks on seeing the play A Raisin in the Sun for the first time and the impact it had on him

Robert Hooks on the death of his father and the music he associates with that moment

Robert Hooks on forming the Group Theatre Workshop 

Robert Hooks on Douglas Turner Ward's New York Times article, “Theater in America: For Whites Only?” and how it led to the formation of the Negro Ensemble Company

Robert Hooks on how he got his first role in a play -- in A Raisin in the Sun -- by going backstage to meet the actors and getting advice

Robert Hooks on how he got his first role in a play -- in A Raisin in the Sun -- by going backstage to meet the actors and getting advice

Robert Hooks on attending the March on Washington