I was no thespian.

I'd been doing the Chicago theatre thing for years. The money was kinda good - thanks to a push by my old pal Capone, who, let's say, persuaded theatre owners to book me.

I fell off a chair onto a broken water glass when I was 3 years old.

Elf the movie: Santa announcement - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jyCfRHumHU

There's no experience like going down an empty freeway toward a hurricane and then looking in the opposite lane and seeing bumper-to-bumper traffic, people fleeing that scene. Or going to a toxic spill and seeing people go the other way. You talk yourself into thinking you're invincible in order to do that.

The trumpet is forceful.