No business like it.

I saw Cirque du Soleil - Mystere in Vegas when Vanessa and I were driving across the country a few years ago, and you know at intermission when they sometimes grab some asshole from the audience to pull on stage and goof with? I was that totally that asshole! This kinda shit never happens to me so it was completely bizarre, they took me backstage and put a nightgown and fake pigtails on me so I matched the little clown-chick who would drive me around in a little golf cart. I worship Cirque du Soleil and I love hammy performance so I was totally in heaven. They gave me a souvenir photograph to remember this surreal experience, the whole thing seems like a dream.

When I was backstage they showed me the bit of tape on the floor to mark where I should stand and told me what I should do when the spotlight comes on, and all of a sudden I was back in Performance Mode: head up, shoulders back, on my mark and listening for my queue. The stage manager asked “Are you an actor, have you done this before?” and I didn’t know how to describe ten years of ManRay performances so I said “Uh, maybe”.

I love show business.