Ryan Murphy: Why I burned to do 'The Normal Heart'
"It was a more personal project for me," says Ryan Murphy of directing HBO's "The Normal Heart," based on the play by Larry Kramer. "I was 15 in 1981 [when the AIDS outbreak began]; I grew up always linking intimacy and death … and I don't think I would have the civil rights I have today without Larry Kramer – I'm married and I have a kid – so I feel very impassioned about that." -BREAK- Fo…