My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.
The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
If I do what I really want to do, I'm not going to do a typical commercial Broadway show, so I'm going to write what I want to write.
I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself.
Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.
Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.
But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.
I never wanted to be in the show business. I wanted to do special effects.
I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.
I left an office at the top of the Pan Am Building, a nine-room apartment, and a farm in Vermont because I was aching inside. It took an analyst to tell me I could write a note of permission to become a musician and sign it.