Broderick avoids long stints onstage
MATTHEW BRODERICK hates performing in long-running Broadway shows - because his social life vanishes while he is onstage.
The Ferris Bueller's Day Off star - currently preparing for his part in upcoming New York stage show The Philanthropist - admits he is prone to fluffing his lines once he gets too used to playing a role.
He also hates shows upsetting his daily routine - but his biggest regret is losing his pals while he works in the evenings.
Broderick tells the New York Post, "The play 'The Philanthropist' is a limited engagement through July. I guess if it's an international smash hit, it'll run longer.
"I used to do long runs, but after six months it's a struggle. You're repeating yourself... you go on autopilot and nobody pays attention to what they're saying anymore. You screw up, then everybody wakes up for the next two weeks.
"A Broadway show's exhausting in its relentlessness. No more normal dinner hour. You disappear from friends. I'm starting to get set for it."
