West Side Story
How did it happen that a kid like me would work in a movie? It certainly was a million to one long shot.
One night, my Mom was reading about signing up children to be in the movies. She asked me if I would like to try out to be in the movies. I don’t really remember what I said, but it didn’t matter because I was going. Then, I remember coming home from school one day to find out that I had an appointment to go and talk to them. Not sure if I was excited but I guess I was.
We had a couple of interviews; they took a bunch of pictures and head shots of me. I had hats and stuff to put on, and they would ask me to look sad, then look happy, then look angry. I came across those photographs and you know what, I look the same in all the pictures.