Spalding Gray : (3) " I’m basically a fearful person. I’m a phobic person. " - Spalding Gray " When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner’s Performance Group – where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo. " - Spalding Gray " I think of my father and how confused he was by me. He understood my love for theater, and he understood that New York City was the only place that it was happening in America, really, in any live way. " - Spalding Gray