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MY LIFE ON A TIGHTROPE

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It finally dawned on me that my life was deteriorating into a Harold and Maude film noir. Conforming to what everyone wanted me to be was driving me nuts. Half the time I didn’t know if I was Harold or Maude.  And being both at the same time was like sticking my finger into a light socket and flicking the switch to on. I tried camouflaging my life by playing the part of Vivian Pickles, Harold’s mother, but that didn’t work very well.  I lack her stoic joie de vivre. Conforming to those around you is a slippery slope with an uncertain ending and usually not a pleasant one. Yes, I know – I have mommy issues. But, so what. Most people do … especially if you’re Jewish. I wanted an outlet for expressing my true self without being redressed by my relatives, especially my mother. That’s when I got the idea of becoming an actor. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be happy, angry, and to be able to express both the masculine and feminine aspects of my com