Steve Zahn’s teenage obsessions: ‘De Niro in The Deer Hunter was acting on a different level’

The actor and comedian discusses his early days in musical theatre, his love of U2 and his passion for fly fishing

The first album I bought was Glass Houses by Billy Joel. Then I went to the record store with my dad and he bought Jesus Christ Superstar and I bought the soundtrack to Patton by Jerry Goldsmith. My first concert is kind of embarrassing: Hall & Oates in Minneapolis. I was a late bloomer to concerts. My wife went to AC/DC when she was, like, three. Now I'm like: If it's live, I'll go, period." But when I was young, it was like: We're going downtown? Ah, man."