(2/4) “The hardest part about trying to be an actor isn’t the...



(2/4) “The hardest part about trying to be an actor isn’t the small amount of money I’m making. It’s imagining how much more comfortable I’d be if I had spent the last ten years of my life focusing on something else. Right now I’m selling comedy tickets and spa passes to people on the sidewalk. I’ve been doing this job for years because it allows me to make my own schedule. I tried selling drugs for awhile. At first I rationalized it to myself. I told myself that fried chicken is bad for you, and people sell fried chicken, so I wasn’t all that different from KFC. But then one night I saw a girl overdose at Pacha. She was foaming at the mouth and her whole body went stiff. I hadn’t sold her any drugs, but I realized that I easily could have. So I just couldn’t do it anymore. I’d never sell drugs to my little brother, so I shouldn’t feel OK selling them to other people’s family members.”

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