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Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:00 AM

Confessions of a utility actor

I'm not a star. I'm not even a "name." I'm just a workaday actor trying to make a living. And after 20 years of waiting for that big break, I'm ready to move on.
By Peter Birkenhead

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  • Friday, March 24, 2006 07:11 PM

    I thought this was great

    I thought this article was fascinating. In a sense, you aren't "real" in this society until you've been on television. I always have wondered what it is like to be someone who was "on tv" and yet never became anointed as "real" by society.

    —Doug Shaw

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