Dr. Forbes Riley

I just knew I was, I don't know, I couldn't prove it.

And then I win the pageant, I'm like, see?

And then it didn't go, well, gosh, I know that there's something here, you guys, why does nobody see it?

Now that's an interesting thing to say to the universe.

So I'm in college, senior year, I audition for As You Like It, Shakespeare's biggest play that he wrote for a woman.

Two and a half hours, this character, Rosalind, runs the world.

I audition, I go to the call board finding my name, and it's not, God, there's no not-townsperson anything.

And I had a moment, and I know we all do this, where I said, I'm not even good enough for that, damn it.

And I remember looking at the call board feeling completely dejected, and then I looked at the top to see what lucky girl got the, oh my God, there's my name at the top.

I got the lead role for the very first time in my life.

Wow.

And I'm looking at this going, that's a Shakespearean play.

I went to the director, and I really said to him,

Help me understand this.

I've never gotten this before.

I don't even know if I can do this.

Why would you choose me?

He sat me down.

He said, you're my ideal Rosalind.

He said, she's manipulative.