“desperately wanted my first booking, so I turned to prayer, something I hadn’t done since my problems started in school and I tried to pray away my disability. In between castings I would leave the pack and go to the Duomo, the second-largest cathedral in the world, located in the middle of Milan. Tourists would also make the pilgrimage, kneeling in front of the pews and praying for traditional things like strength, forgiveness, and Nana’s speedy recovery after her gallbladder surgery. I’m sure God rolled His eyes when I requested that Gianni Versace like me. And could He make the clothes at the Gucci casting fit? I pictured our Lord and Savior with a tape measure hung over His shoulders and a pushpin in His mouth, telling Moses, “I haven’t altered slacks in an eternity.”