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You have to have this sense of, OK, I get up in the morning and just thinking about the play to me - at least this is the way I am - as soon as I get up in the morning, I'm thinking about the play, I'm thinking about it all day. And then I do it and then I let it go. And then the same thing again the next day. Everybody's different. Some people can, you know, do a hundred different things and then go do the show, I'm not really like that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThomas said he wasn't sure what he'll do his day off now that the U.S. football season is over.\u003cbr/\u003eBut British actress Sophie Okonedo plans to take full advantage of her surroundings and check out all the Broadway shows she can.\u003cbr/\u003e\"On Wednesday I'm going to go see 'Love and Information,'\" she said. \"I know it's British, but I'm going to go see Caryl Churchill. I started off being a Caryl Churchill favorite, my first introduction to theater at 16, and also James McDonald the director I worked with, and I went to see - do you say 'Machinal? - how you pronounce it? Anyway, I saw that on Friday, 'Book of Mormon,' fantastic, and that's it. I've been too tired to go see anything else. I kind of want to go see, there's a few things I want to see, I want to go see 'Once,' I need to see more musical theater, now that I'm here, I need to see a few musicals.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSamuel L. Jackson's wife, veteran actress LaTanya Richardson Jackson, said she's used to the Broadway grind by now.\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, I work out, and I just do the best that I can,\" she said. \"I've always done eight shows a week whenever I did a play, so it's just kind of in my DNA. So I'm praying for the best!\"\u003cbr/\u003eIn contrast, relative newcomer Anika Noni Rose is finding it hard to buy groceries.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I just grocery shopped yesterday for the first time after rehearsal - I've been here like four weeks - and it was really hungry in my house!\" she laughed \"But it's really important to decide what your time means to you and how you're going to use that and what is actually relaxation and what requires work. Sometimes hanging out with friends actually is exhausting. And what you need to do is take a bath and eat a snack and zone out. It gets easier once you've opened, but during the rehearsal process and during tech, it's actually exhausting. \"\u003cbr/\u003e\"A Raisin in the Sun\" opens April 3 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. \u003cbr/\u003ePreviews begin March 8. Kenny Leon is the director of the play, which was originally written by Lorraine Hansberry.\u003cbr/\u003eNo re-use or sale of any Film/TV/Music/Performance clips without clearance\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 18 February 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sophie Okonedo/Actress, on what she does on her day off:\u003cbr/\u003e\"On Wednesday I'm going to go see 'Love and Information.' I know it's British, but I'm going to go see Caryl Churchill. I started off being a Caryl Churchill favorite, my first introduction to theater at 16, and also James McDonald the director I worked with, and I went to see - do you say 'Machinal? - how you pronounce it? Anyway, I saw that on Friday, 'Book of Mormon,' fantastic, and that's it. I've been too tired to go see anything else. I kind of want to go see, there's a few things I want to see, I want to go see 'Once,' I need to see more musical theater, now that I'm here, I need to see a few musicals.\"\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Patrick Thomas/Actor, on how he prepares for eight shows a week:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, you have to make sure you get your sleep. And just be up for it, be ready for it. You have to have this sense of, OK, I get up in the morning and just thinking about the play to me - at least this is the way I am - as soon as I get up in the morning, I'm thinking about the play, I'm thinking about it all day. And then I do it and then I let it go. And then the same thing again the next day. Everybody's different. Some people can, you know, do a hundred different things and then go do the show, I'm not really like that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eReporter: \"Do you have an escape?\"\u003cbr/\u003eThomas: \"Mainly during football season it'd be football, because I'm a football junkie fanatic. But since it's not football season right now, I don't know what I'm going to do. We'll see!\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) LaTanya Richardson Jackson/Actress, on how she prepares for eight shows a week:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, I work out, and I just do the best that I can. I've always done eight shows a week whenever I did a play, so it's just kind of in my DNA. So I'm praying for the best! (Laughs)\"\u003cbr/\u003eReporter: \"Will Sam be at opening night?\"\u003cbr/\u003eJackson: \"Of course he will! And so will my daughter Zoe.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Anika Noni Rose/Actress, on how she prepares for eight shows a week:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, that day off becomes very sacred! (Laughs) There will come a time where I won't be doing much of anything. I think that time has actually come. I just grocery shopped yesterday for the first time after rehearsal - I've been here like four weeks - and it was really hungry in my house! But it's really important to decide what your time means to you and how you're going to use that and what is actually relaxation and what requires work. Sometimes hanging out with friends actually is exhausting. And what you need to do is take a bath and eat a snack and zone out. It gets easier once you've opened, but during the rehearsal process and during tech, it's actually exhausting. (Laughs)\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 18 Feb. 2014\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of cast arriving, posing for photos\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium of Denzel Washington\u003cbr/\u003e7. 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