A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.