Asked and Answered
Rod asked:
1. Favorite college hoops team and why?
Surely you jest? There is only one team we root for, and have rooted for, since our undergraduate days some 27 years ago. The 2003 National Champions from the best damn conference in college basketball.
2. Your favorite actor and role?
Such a list would be far too numerous to mention them all. There are dozens of actors from film, television and the theatre whose work I have loved in various roles. Some of them influenced my decision to act, others just delight me every time I watch them. The late Jack Lemmon was my all-time favorite. He could do comedy and drama equally well, a rarity among performers. On stage, Phylicia Rashad and Viola Davis never give bad performances. Never.
3. Your ideal role. Why?
I’ve always wanted to play Gitlow in Purlie, the role that made Sherman Hemsley famous on Broadway. I’d also like to play Sgt. Waters in A Soldier’s Play and I might even be old enough to play Sam in Master Harold…and the boys although I’d probably get cast as Willie. There may also be a Walter Lee Younger in me just so I could say I did it, and I’d kill to be on The Wire.
Bonus question:
3a. Who would be your dream director?
Anybody that understands actors and acting and can guide and support without being overly dogmatic. The wrong director can be a nightmare.
And who said you get to ask a bonus question?
Lashundra asked:
1. What's your favorite food to eat?
Another hard to answer question. The short answer is I eat everything except Mexican food (I just find it uninteresting). But I love seafood in all its derivations, in any cuisine, especially lobster, shrimp, mussels, scallops, flounder, striped bass, and swordfish.
2. Do you have any goals that you have set and have completed, if so what are they?
Yeah. My 11 year full-time acting career was an example. I’d wanted to be an actor since I was a little kid, but allowed well-meaning adults to steer me towards a “sensible career.” Once I was able to shed myself of a 9-5, I pursued it with a fair amount of success and fun. My present pursuit of a culinary education is another one. I’ve wanted to do that for a long time too and last year enrolled in school and now I’m nearing the end. The next goals are to start my food service business (not entirely sure in what area though), buy a house, and maybe even adopt.
3. What's your weakness?
Depends on what you mean by weakness. If you mean what am I not good at, I have no head for numbers. Never ask me to do your books, they won’t come out balanced.
If you mean weakness as in faults, I’m incredibly lazy. I can procrastinate all day long. Then right before the deadline I spring into action. I don’t know why I put myself through that stress.
If you mean weakness as in something that has complete control over me, it’s Edy’s Whole Fruit Sorbet and Whole Fruit Juice Bars.
The LoveHater asked:
1. Where would you go for a Fantasy Vacation?
I don’t take a lot of vacations and haven’t really been a whole lot of places. The simple answer is, I’d just like to be able to sleep late again, but I know that is a fantasy.
Some part of me would like to visit England, China and South Africa, but I don’t feel pressed to make any of them happen.
2. If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
I think I already live there. I’ve spent my entire life a resident of New York State and can’t see any other place I’d rather call home. After last year’s elections, there’s a whole red section of the country that just doesn’t appeal to me for political reasons. I can’t see living in a place that has no respect for who I am as a human being. For all its faults, New York (the state, not the city) has a more tolerable climate. But I am not a big city person by temperament and so I’ll probably be moving back upstate when I get business plans in order.
3. What unconventional place would you/have you had sex?
I’m fairly conventional as sex goes, and with whom is more important to me than where. But in the past, on the New York State Thruway. I was driving at the time.
Do not try that at home.
Thank you all for playing.
Posted by bernie at March 7, 2005 5:13 PMTrackBack
Edy's Whole Fruit. Double Yum.
Posted by: Elle at March 8, 2005 5:27 PM