When you first saw 'The Truman Show,' did anyone else walk around for the next week not picking your nose just in case?
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I laugh at it now, but one time I had an agent tell me I would never work in TV if I didn't get a nose job. People tell you to change yourself to fit into the L.A. scene, but the advice usually doesn't make any sense. The next agent told me my nose was great!
For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959.
In school, I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into.
Did you ever notice that nobody you see on television looks like anyone you know?
I had my nose done when I was 16 years old, and I'll be honest: it did change my life.
And when Roger talks about the frightened ones running away from the bombs, I immediately thought of my days when I was young and I had to wear these gas masks.
It was immediately apparent that it was full of tricky ingredients to balance. In fact, I found it very intriguing. What held me back from saying yes to the producer was that I wasn't sure who could play Truman.
It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes.
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.