Never in Theaters

I love fiction written in first person. All of my fiction is written this way. Someone who read one of my books and saw some of my work performed on stage once asked who I would want to play my character if a film was ever made from one of my books. It’s a strange question to be asked because it was like an interview with my ego, but I think my answer was even more shocking to the reader. I said Wallace Shawn.
We had a long discussion about this since I don’t resemble Shawn. I don’t know, but it may have been his self portrayal in My Dinner with Andre. He was an actor and a writer who was getting by. His life wasn’t grand or even full of international adventure. Though he listened to the wild stories Andre told with amazement, he still felt fortunate that a cockroach hadn’t fallen into his cup of coffee that he left out over night. With all the wild and fascinating things he could have been involved in he found comfort is being himself and living the life he was living. He was neither hero or villain, he just was himself putting his pants on one leg at a time. I can relate to that.