THANK YOU, VIEWER, FOR LOOKING AT MY WEBSITE.

I THINK WEB-DESIGNER STEVE STINSON HAS DONE SUCH A SMASHING JOB IN PRESENTING THIS BRIEF HISTORY OF MY WORK, THAT ANYTHING I SAY HERE IS BOUND TO BE REDUNDANT. STILL, THE BIOGRAPHY SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE TRADITIONS OF THE GENRE, SO HERE YOU HAVE IT…

I WAS BORN IN MONTREAL TO PEOPLE WHO WORKED HARD TO MAKE A LIVING. THEY WERE NOT PEOPLE IN THE ARTS OR THE PROFESSIONS, BUT THEY WERE MY FIRST AUDIENCE AND MOST LOYAL SUPPORTERS FROM THE GET GO. I CONFESS TO NEVER RECEIVING ANYTHING AT HOME BUT UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ALL THE THINGS I LOVED TO DO AS A CHILD: ACTING, SINGING, WRITING, DRAWING; PAINTING; THE VERY SAME THINGS, YOU'LL NOTICE, THAT I LOVE TO DO TODAY. SILLY ME; I THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT EVERY CHILD HAD THAT FROM THEIR FAMILY, AND ONLY LATER DISCOVERED THAT WAS NOT AT ALL THE CASE; THAT I'D ENJOYED SOMETHING VERY RARE AND SPECIAL.

IF THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME WHOEVER I AM TODAY, PERHAPS IT'S THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF MY PARTNER, WHO BACKS MY ARTISTIC INCLINATIONS ALL THE WAY. SO, TWO IN A ROW; SOMETIMES I THINK THAT I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING TERRIBLY NICE FOR SOMEONE IN A PAST LIFE… FOR THOSE TO WHOM IT MIGHT BE MEANINGFUL, I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM MCGILL UNIVERSITY AND I'M AN EARLY GRADUATE OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL OF CANADA. STILL, MANY OF THE PEOPLE OF WHOSE GIFTS I STAND MOST IN AWE ARE ENTIRELY SELF-TAUGHT, YET NONETHELESS BRILLIANT. MORE IMPORTANT EVEN THAN GOOD SCHOOLING IS TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND YOUR NOSE…

PEOPLE ASK ME IF I MISS ACTING, AND TELL THEM THAT I HAVEN'T ENTIRELY LEFT THE FIELD; BUT THE ONLY THINGS I DO NOW ARE THINGS THAT MAKE MY HEART QUICKEN WHEN THEY ARE OFFERED.

AS LONG AS MY CREATIVE IMPULSES CAN BE PURSUED, I FIND I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED AS TO THE MEDIUM. ALSO, I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A FEW CREDITS THAT 'HAVE LEGS' AS THEY SAY IN THE TRADE; THINGS THAT ARE PART OF OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THEM… AS TO THE FUTURE: WHO KNOWS? I HOPE TO KEEP TRAVELLING THE WORLD; I'D LIKE TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK… ENJOY THE PEOPLE I LOVE; SPEND TIME IN MY MUCH-LOVED HOUSE AND GARDEN… STILL, I KNOW THE FATES HAVE A FUNNY WAY OF PUSHING AND PULLING US IN DIRECTIONS THAT MIGHT NEVER HAVE CONSCIOUSLY OCCURRED TO US. FOR ME, THAT'S WHEN THE FUN REALLY BEGINS.

WELL, THAT'S IT, MORE OR LESS…

I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A HAPPY LIFE…

I HOPE THAT THE WORLD BECOMES SMARTER AND KINDER, AND THAT YOU'RE GETTING TO DO THE THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO…





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