So on the way to Pirates of Penzance rehearsal this morning, I find myself waiting for the elevator at the studio with Vanessa Redgrave. She had just walked up and seen me checking my phone for the time, and so she asks me what time it is.
Now sometimes, I'll just check my phone absent-mindedly, without really noting the time, which is what I had just done. So I pull my phone back out, check it, and tell her the time. Instead of saying thank you, she just looks at me. And when Vanessa Redgrave looks at you with those blue eyes, believe me, you stay looked at.
So as my brain is scrambling for something intelligent and/or witty to say, my mouth just starts talking. I smile and say, "sometimes I look at my phone, but I forget to remember what time it is."
She keeps pondering me. "You forget to remember what time it is?" she muses. "That's a very interesting..."
"Yes, confusing, I know," I blurt out.
Finally the damned elevator arrives, and we get on with another of the actors from my show. We ride up in silence, and Ms. Redgrave gets out on the 3rd floor. As soon as the door closes, my friend says, "Oh my God, that was Vanessa Redgrave! I can't believe it! I thought I was going to poop myself!"
I just look at her and say, "yeah, that would have been embarrassing..."
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