As TV’s go-to maniac, the actor has a flair for chaos that also functions as a kind of emotional armor. “I’m still very protective of the actual me,” he said.
On a chilly January afternoon, the actor Jason Mantzoukas, wide-eyed and bearded, tramped the streets of Manhattan with an air of light melancholy. He saw a pharmacy that had once been a bar, a bank branch that had replaced a cafe where he used to go... [1450 chars]