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Since I was a kid, I always enjoyed movies -- watching them and imitating the actors -- much to the embarrassment of my parents. I remember watching "Close Encounters" with Richard Dreyfus and thinking "WOW!! I would love to do this as a profession. I imagined working with him and all my other silver screen heroes. But, I never quite understood how to make this dream a reality. Fast Forward 17 years, and I am in the atrium of the Arclight Cinema on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, California, shaking hands with Richard Dreyfus -- and not just him, but also Johnny Depp and Dustin Hoffman. It was like a dream come true! How did this happen? I am not a big believer in coincidence, but I am a big supporter of fate -- you just never know . . . Impatient as I am, I leaped on a plane from the UK to Los Angeles the first minute I could. I had the foresight to see that England lacked the opportunities to really achieve what I desired and that America offered that. I was distinctly lacking in big credits on my resume when I arrived. -- under construction --
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