Michael's Answers to Our Questions

I forgot to say that I hope Michael knew that the book title was meant as a joke and not as an insult to Carrie (I was told the same thing afterwards, so I understand how insulting that could be to say to someone who may not want to be a writer.) Everyone was joking around at the time and I meant it to be a spoof, based on the self-help books that women write about "finding the right guy," ect.

A few of Michael's answers surprised me! I asked about him saying that he had the Emmy on his lap on a plane and that that'd "never happen again in the history of aviation..." because I thought he'd meant that he'd made a mistake, taking it with him, as opposed to keeping it in his luggage because people had come up to him and asked him whether the Emmy was real, wanting to take pictures of it, ect.

I expected him to say that he didn't believe in theatre superstitions and find the question funny and odd, and possibly say that it was an 'old wive's tale' in the theatre world, meant in fun. I asked because when we were kids, my friend's parents forbade my friends to play a game that we'd come up with; It was based partly on 'Macbeth,' (we pretended we were witches and were chanting at night, in a circle) the lyrics were partly based on the children's ryhme "...rain, rain, go away; Come again another day.." and the idea was that, rather than chant for something terrible to happen to someone, like the witches do in 'Macbeth,' we were chanting for something good, to "prevent it from raining" and "send it somewhere else," (because the weatherman had said it was going to rain that night) partly based on the American Indian's rain dance, except it was the opposite.

Their parents knew that we liked making up games and never had a problem with that, so I was surprised when my friend told me her parents didn't want them playing that game, anymore; I could only guess that they mistakenly believed that we were practicing the Wiccan religion, trying to become witches, which we weren't. We thought it was fun and I thought it'd be a cool coincidence if it didn't rain throughout the night, which I think it did, a bit. I meant it as reverence for the idea of witches, chants, ect.

So, if Michael were directing a play, and one of his cast members said, "Macbeth" inside the theatre or whistled, ect., in ignorance or as a joke, he'd tell them to go outside, turn around three times, (like the superstition says) before allowing them to come back inside? I thought that actors would be more understanding and not as superstitious as people who aren't actors; "The Producers" movie spoofed on a few theatre superstions, with the ladder underneath the stage entrance and having a black cat.