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OK. You read the bio. Chris
went to college, Chris writes, acts, blah, blah,
blah. But who is she? What makes her tick, tickles
her funny bone, turns her on? Why does she use
so many clichés? And why does she ask
so many questions? |
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Books
you'd want if you were in solitary confinement?
Catch-22,
Little Big Man, The Canterbury Tales
Favorite
movie? The
Man Who Would be King
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Favorite
album? What?
Just one? No way. It's at least a four-way tie
between Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
Abbey Road (both by The Beatles), Baptism (Joan
Baez) and Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol.2 |
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unrealilzed dreams or goals? Well,
duh. To travel the world. To meet the remaining
Beatles (ditto Willie). To lose twenty pounds.
To quit my day job and support myself with my
art. |
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Do
you have any social skills? I'm
a pretty good dancer (as the photo at right
will attest). Swing, polka, waltz, schottische,
Argentine tango, country/western, cajun, zydeco,
international folk dances, Irish step dancing,
the hokey-pokey. I'm terrible at salsa and merengue,
though. |
Color?
Anything
bright and bold. Red. Purple. Orange. Green.
Blue. All of the above, preferably all next
to each other.
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Favorite
knock-knock joke?
Knock
knock.
Who's there?
Philip.
Philip who?
Philip Glass. Knock knock.
Who's there?
Philip.
Philip who?
Philip Glass. Knock knock.
Who's there?
Philip.
Philip who?
Philip Glass. Knock knock.
Who's there?
Philip... |
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Coke
or Pepsi? Dr.
Pepper
Sign?
Pisces
Cats
or dogs? Cats.
Definitely.
Ocean
or mountains? Mountains
Arts
or sciences? Arts
Mac
or PC? Both
Favorite
sin? Gluttony |
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Know
any good, pithy sayings?
Here are a few:
Life is too short for delayed gratification
(I came up with that one myself)
Sure, I want to simplify my life, but
not if it means giving stuff up. (uttered
by my friend Paula Kavanaugh, whose honesty
I find extremely refreshing)
Sieze the day and throttle it! (Calvin
& Hobbes)
Be interest-ED, not interest-ING. (Van
Brooks, my first acting teacher. Good advice
for getting along not only on stage or in front
of the camera, but also in Real Life.)
Are you dead or dangerous?
(Dan Fauci, former producer at Paramount and
a valued mentor. Meaning are you taking risks?,
and if not, then you are dead, dead, dead. These
are words I try to live by.)
If you don't break your ropes while
you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it
after? (Kabir)
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Favorite
band? For
dancing, that would be Brave
Combo. For listening, The Beatles. For fantasizing,
Willie Nelson. And when I'm feeling nostalgic,
it's Bob Dylan.
Favorite
composer?
My favorite classical composer is Beethoven,
with Mahler running a close second. For contemporary
music, I'm very fond of Arvo Pärt and Olivier
Messiaen (did I spell that right?) |
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no one would have guessed about you? Once
a week I play the carillon (bells) in the tower
on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin.
In fact, here's a short
video you can watch. |
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few of your favorite things? Moon
shadows. Kittens. The amazing sense of connectedness
that comes from a good collaboration with another
artist. Naps. Dark chocolate. Seeing the zillion
zillion ways people can be creative.
Best
birthday surprise? A phone call
just minutes into my 18th birthday from a young
man I didn't know, wishing me a happy birthday
because a mutual friend had told him I was cool.
We ended up becoming very close friends. (Peachy,
if you see this, drop me an e-mail. I seem to
have misplaced you again.) |
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| Words of advice?
(1)
Get plenty of sleep. (2) Embrace your fears. (3)
Don't take yourself too seriously. |
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proudest (tangible) accomplishment? The
music that I have written. |
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if you win the Miss America pageant, what are
your goals? World
peace, Bert, world peace. |
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proudest (intangible) accomplishment? I
raised two kids who have turned out to be really
wonderful adults. My daughter helps new babies
into the world, and my son puts out forest fires.
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