I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

by Martin Short

(Tom Hanks, by the way, thinks the name Avenue Road is hilarious and acutely Canadian. He brings it up whenever the subject arises: “Hey, Marty, when you were a kid in Toronto, did you ever wish you lived on Street Lane instead of Avenue Road?”)

We Canadians have our Thanksgiving in October—like logical people, when the harvest is still in effect and therefore the whole “harvest festival” idea makes sense.

No matter who you are, you should read for a role, because maybe you’re not right for the material, or maybe the material is not right for you. It’s a pragmatic thing, not a personal one.