LOS ANGELES — "I'm 65 years old now, and I need to learn, I need to change."
The words tumble with intensity out of actor Bryan Cranston's mouth. He sits beside an unlighted fire pit in his backyard on a recent windy morning. Chimes ring mournfully in the breeze, and small white blossoms from a tree twist and twirl their way to a soft landing in the nearby pool.
Cranston is telling me why he chose to step away from an offer to direct a show at L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse and how that decision led him to take the role of Charles Nichols in the theater's West Coast premiere of "Power of Sail," written by Paul Grellong and directed by Weyni Mengesha, running through March 20.
