Every day is opening night.

This week we put the talented actor James Murtaugh on the couch. Murtaugh is a company member of TACT/The Actors Company Theatre. Having previously appeared on Broadway in Philadelphia, Here I Come! and in Lincoln Center’s 1998 Revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness!, he is currently appearing in TACT’s production of Three Men on a Horse at the Beckett Theatre (through April 23). The New York Times singled him out in the review saying his performance “wins by half a length.”

Q: What do you consider to be your best asset?
A: My speaking voice.

Q: What was your proudest moment?
A: Finishing the New York City Marathon in a very respectable time on my birthday in 1984 -The hottest day on record for the NYC Marathon.

Q: What is your favorite drink?
A: Soft drink-Diet Root Beer; Alcohol- a nice Belgian style wheat beer.

Q: What is your favorite food?
A: Rack of Lamb

Q: What is your favorite condiment?
A: Ketchup

Q: What is your current obsession?
A: Pool playing

Q: If you could give up one of your vices, what would it be?
A: Staying up late

Q: What is the one professional accomplishment you long for most?
A: To be able to sing.

Q: What is the one thing you waste too much money on?
A: Taxis

Q: What is the one activity you waste too much time doing?
A: Watching TV

Q: What do you consider to be the single greatest threat to your health?
A: Air pollution

Q: What is the single best trait you inherited or learned from your parents?
A: Sense of humor

Q: What is the single worst trait you inherited or learned from your parents?
A: No sense of time – from my Mother.

Q: What in the world most thrills you?
A: Traveling to foreign countries.

Q: What current trend in popular culture most irritates you?
A:Talking on cell phones while in the check-out line.

Q: What was the single most embarrassing moment you've ever experienced on the job?
A: I once mistook the leading lady in a film I was in for a cleaning woman.

Q: What is your favorite place in the world?
A: Goshen, CT

Q: What is the most important trait you seek in a romantic partner?
A: Someone who can listen.

Q: Do you prefer the company of dogs or cats?
A: Dogs

Q: What would have to happen to make today the best day of your life?
A: Being able to talk to my brother.

Q: What is your personal motto?
A: Stay fit