Slovak Stage Actor Reflects on Leaving Family Funeral Business for Theater

Czech actor Daniel Krejčík, who traded a career in his family's funeral business for life on the stage, says the two professions are not as far apart as one might think. In an interview, Krejčík reflects that both actors and undertakers work with human emotions — one providing a final farewell, the other offering audiences a two-hour illusion that life still makes some kind of sense.