I'd Never Been To Acting

I Speak To Women's Groups, Chambers Of Commerce, Manufacturing Organizations. Just Did The Mike Huckabee Show. I Do About Two Speaking Engagements A Month. I Still Enjoy Travelling.

All Over The Us, There Is A Need To Teach Young People To, Really, Get Them Out In The Backyard, Building Treehouses, Fixing Bicycles, Because You Become A Better, More Well-rounded, Renaissance Personality If You Actually Know How To Do Things With Your Hands. If You Can Fix The Screen Door Or Replace Your Old Garbage Disposal, Even Change The Tire On A Car, A Lot Of People Don't Even Know How To Do That. We're Literally Running Out Of People Who Know How To Do Those Things, The Essential Things Like Plumbing, Carpentry, Stone Masonry, We're Literally Running Out Of Them.

[ Oval House] Director, Peter Oliver, Gave You The Right To Fail. He Had A Philosophy That Came From Winston Churchill That You Go From Failure To Failure With Enthusiasm. So Peter Gave Us A Go And That's How Ray [hassett] And I Ended Up Starting Sal's Meat Market At The Oval House.

I Was A Carpenter In Northern Vermont And Got This Tax Refund Check That Just About Covered A One-way Airfare To London. So This I Saw As A Sign From God. So I Went Over To See Ray [hussett] For A Couple Of Weeks And Ended Up Staying 10 Years. I Got Work As A Stage Carpenter At The Oval House In Kennington, South London.

Really, Improv Is All About Creating For What's Around You, In The Moment, So It Fits In A Way That You Can't See The Seams. It's Like A Great Jazz Combo. I Still Do It.