John Gafford

So I read the lead, and I get down to the inner, this is called Goody's Place.

And thank God it didn't get made.

But I read the title, character says Goody, and it says something to the effect of, in walks Goody Valletta, mid-30s, slightly overweight, boyish charm, but by no means man candy.

And I was like...

Oh, I'm like, this is who I am, right?

I'm like, oh, my God.

And then I read like five pages later, and it says, enter his cousin, so-and-so, loud, tall, think Vince Vaughn from Swingers.

And at that time in my life, like when I went on the Today Show, like they did a side-by-side with me and Vince.

I got compared to him all the time.

So I go to New York to this casting call, and I walk in, and it was a guy sitting there with a camera, and the lady was behind it.

The guy was behind the camera, and the casting director was there, and I walked in, and I said, I believe there's been a mistake.

And they go, I'm sorry?

And I said, yeah, I don't think he wanted me to read for this.

I think he wanted me to read for this.

And I'll just never forget, the guy behind the camera was like, like, looked at me like, who's this dude?

And then the lady looks at me, and she just like, she goes, you can read for whatever you want.

And I was instantly like, oh, no, oh, no, oh, no, no.

And later I find out that those descriptions of the characters are just kind of placeholders, you know?

matter that much.

But got your ego, didn't it?