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Sunday, July 24, 2005

D.J. PERRY: IN THE MOVIES

I guess like most want to be actors, I was struck at an early age with the desire to tell stories on screen. I was a somewhat shy kid and the make believe world provided an easy release. STAR WARS is what started it all out in 1977. I wanted to be Han Solo more than anything in this world.

Soon after that, MAD MAX created another role model for me and I have to say that those two actors (Ford & Gibson) along with the likes of Kurt Russell made up my childhood actors. Not a bad choice for a youngster and another note was that Tom Hanks was my favorite comedic tv actor.

I use to make little camcorder movies in High School in place of book reports and final exams.

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