My acting career was brief, varied, and coloured by many happy memories. Choosing from them proved to be a challenge.
My first part was in a tribute to Monty Python--a monk in The Holy Grail. My role as a monk was easy. All that was required of me was to walk across the stage chanting and hitting myself in the head with a piece of foam. Oh, yes and the tricky part--do this in sync with others. Well, this tricky part proved to be too tricky for me. I thought I'd never get it right. I did eventually manage to reach this goal once during a rehearsal.
You can't imagine my relief when Director Carol McAndrew said, "No, I think it's funnier when you're not in sync."
So now when I must prepare for an author reading memories of my brief time with MILT are my ace in the hole.
