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It was a job I once had when I first moved to Los Angeles and wanted to do all things HOLLYWOOD.

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Most of the things I was in were single episodes of shows that are no longer on television. Some were short-lived programs that never got off the ground. Here and there I was in some scenes from movies.

It is not easy work. Sometimes takes can be taken over an hour or even longer. Imagine what it must be like when you are walking up stairs and the scene needs to be taken over and over again. "Put some pep into it," we'll be instructed. And sometimes you'd just be sitting at a table and pretend you are talking to someone nearby. Look animated, but not off-the-wall!

From time to time I think of signing up again. It doesn't pay much, but you do meet some curious characters. Unfortunately, I don't have much of a wardrobe anymore and I don't look young or trendy. But sometimes they just need a warm body with a pulse...