Saturday, September 01, 2007

I am actually an actor

Stuttering is very strange for oneself and for others. I have this practical joke I play on non-stutterers and stutterers alike from time to time, along the following line. "Yes, we know you stutter". In a very slow and controlled manner, I look them in the eyes and say fluently "Mmmeee? Nnnoo. Actually I am an actor. I do not stutter, I am just preparing for this movie that I am going to audition in 3 weeks time. I play a person who stutters." Then they are caught off guard, smile nervously and expect me to stutter very soon. But I keep on talking, and talking, and talking fluently! They try everything to put me off-guard but I keep on being fluent... The longer I do it, the more amazed they (and myself, too!) are. And they all wait for me to relieve them "from this nightmare" with a stutter.

I had people starting to believe that I am a true actor! (which of course doesn't surprise me at all given my fantastic looks and charisma! :-) People that know me longer know it's a a bit of a joke, but they are still completely amazed that I have transformed from this "ehhm"- hectic- dysfluent speech person to a confident fluent actor voice... Sometimes they tell me that I stuttered 20 years ago. I am just telling them that I have been acting my whole life... it is boring to be fluent... i just get a kick out of others being embarrassed...

By the way, did I tell you that I do not really stutter. I am doing a PhD in sociology and analyse the impact of blogging on a special interest group...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It´s really boring to be fluent, Tom. It´s boring to be perfect...

Anonymous said...

Yeah!!! It's cool to stutter! Thank you god!!!

Einar said...

Haha, omg Tom you fake it too?... maybe we should open a forum titled "Why I pretend to stutter and which benefits I get from it..." ;-)