And they said to me : "You're too short to be a boy, would you like to be a pony?" And I said : "What's that?" And they said : "A girl." "What do I have to do?" "Show us your legs." So I went and they hiked up my dungarees and they put on a pair of nylon stockings and high heels. Now, from all those years of pretending I was Cyd Charisse, I had this fabulous extension. Somebody told me they were looking for male dancers for the Jewel Box Revue, you know, the drag show. So that I'd understand what it was that I was. Just trying to make friends that were like me. Anyway, I started hanging around Seventy-Second Street, meeting all these really strange people. And since then, I found out that I am one.
#The chorus line movie how to#
You know, there are a lot of people in this world who don't know how to be men. See, when I quit school, what I was doing was trying to find out who I was and how to be a man. And he said: "I think you're very well-adjusted for your age and I think you should quit school." So, I did. He said: "Would you like to see a psychologist?" And I did. Finally, I went down to the Principal's office and said : "I'm a homosexual." Well, it was a Catholic high school at around nineteen sixty-two and at the age of fifteen you just didn't say that. Even if I knew the answers to questions, I wouldn't raise my hand because I would be afraid they would laugh at me.
No homeroom where I could be charming and funny with the tough guys so they'd fight my battles for me. What are you going to do with your life?" By that time I was in Cardinal Hayes High School.
One day I looked at myself in the mirror and said, "You're fourteen years old and you're a faggot. What bothered me was that I didn't know how to be a boy. I always knew I was gay, but that didn't bother me. Once my cousin said to me, "You'll never be an actor" and I knew she was telling me this because I was such a sissy. Which I don't really understand, because I always wanted to be an actor.
#The chorus line movie movie#
From seeing all those movie musicals, I used to dance around on the street, and I'd get caught all the time. Zach: Look, Paul, if this is too rough for you, I have your picture and resume. Inever told anyone because - well, I guess it didnt matter. I'd move down front and these strange men would come and sit beside me and play with me. Paul: I'd have to move down front - 'cause I couldn't see - I wear contact lenses now. And we'd come out of one movie and go to another and another movie - I don't know why - but I loved musicals. Paul: What do Puerto Ricans know about theatre? Now they have Channel Forty-Seven - but then they didn't have anything.
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#The chorus line movie manual#
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