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| Answering the questions people have asked (or I have asked myself) about my past, present, or future. |
Somebody asked me that once after seeing me all dressed up like an 18th Century nobleman. To put it simply: I didn't want to be stuck in a dead-end job while trying to find my first big break. I simply didn't want a drama career badly enough to put up with the drama of endless auditions, constant rejections, and the potential for ripoffs, shady agents and bad deals.A line from August Wilson's play Fences sticks in my mind: "Get yourself a trade. That way you have something nobody can take away."
So I got a trade: journalism. But the acting bug would come back to bite again in the Tanque Verde Swap Meet commercials (which I've discussed previously), and also in my living history. Being a person of the past allows me to make my own rules on my own terms -- even if it doesn't make money. You can only do so many costume dramas.
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