I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.
I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.
I'm hideously shy as myself but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.
I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.
I don't like working in front of a camera.
My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.