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Growing up watching Westerns with my dad.
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Next up from my “Interview On My Couch” series (the name is a work in progress, but you get it), I talk about how I grew up watching those old “Spaghetti Westerns” with my dad. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Outlaw Josey Wales, things like that.
I have some great memories of those times, and as you will see, it was actually one of those films that planted the seeds of wanting to be an actor in my head all those years ago.
What kind of movies did you all watch when you were kids?
Heading Home
As they say, “All good things must come to an end,” and so ends my amazing trip to South Africa.
I want to say thanks to all the incredible people I met for showing me such an awesome time, and I can’t wait to get back there again. I snapped this picture above when we took a cable car to the top of mountain. It was one of the most amazing sites I’ve ever seen.
If you are reading this sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, chances are that I’m on a plane somewhere over the Atlantic on my way back home. See ya!
This is the view on the way out of Cape Town. Uh-mazing.
Going From a Stuntman to an Actor
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Here’s a video we took at my house where I talk about how I became a full-on actor actor doing years of stunt work.
Make sure you check out that MTV Movie Award in the background. It’s the one I got in 2000 for “Best On-Screen Duo” for The Spy Who Shagged Me. I love that one.
Peace out!
How I Got My Big Break
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A lot of people ask me how I got into acting in the first place, and the truth is that long before Austin Powers came around, I was a stunt double on some great films.
Check out the interview above for the full story!
You think I can bring it to Los Angeles with me?
Check out this sweet baby lion I got to hold at this lion park in South Africa!
So far this trip has been amazing…maybe I should stick around for awhile.
The Oscars…
So the Oscars are coming up and, as some of you will know, Dr Parnassus has been nominated for two: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro (Art Directors) and Caroline Smith (Set Decoration) for Best Art Decoration and Monique Prudhomme for Best Costume Design. Well, obviously I wanna wish those guys the best of luck. If you’ve seen the film you will know they did a great job and, if you haven’t seen the film – GO SEE IT!!!!!
Anyway, while I was looking at Oscar stuff I came across this great site and competition and I thought I would tell you about it. TheAuteurs.com is having an Oscar prediction competition and you could win $10,000 if you correctly predict all the winners from the list of nominees. We always have a sweepstake at the Oscar party I go to and its really fun, so I thought it was a great idea…. It’s really easy to enter and you should have a go. CLICK HERE
Good luck to the Dr P. nominees and good luck if you enter the competition!
Everyday Challenges…
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Here’s an example of how an everyday thing can be a problem for me…
More obstacles at home
So if the bathroom light was challenge, the thermostat is even more of one; but it has to get changed, so you have to get inventive!
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Challenges
Everybody knows I’m little. But what not everybody knows is that being a little person is sometimes really difficult. We face challenges in situations that most people would never expect; regular, everyday occurrences like turning on the bathroom light take some engineering and ingenuity. I filmed some of these things around my house to show you:
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Looking Up….
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Here’s a video showing me playing on my social network, Looking Up, and welcoming a new member. Click here to check it out and join today. You’ll find loads of behind-the-scenes videos from my life and tons of content from other members. Check it out now.
Verne
