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Peter Lerangis Revealed
About Peter Lerangis
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What is your birthdate?:8/19
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Previous occupations:Actor, Singer, Waiter, Copyeditor
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Favorite job:Singing waiter in Nantucket.
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High school and/or college:Freeport (New York) High School, Harvard College
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Three decades without a salary and loving it.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Don't mess with Alternate-Side-of-the-Street Parking, and everything else will work itself out.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Final draft approved.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. The draft isn't final after all.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Where the people are. Dancin', walkin'. (Also, Cabo San Lucas.)
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. Plato, because he wrote in a cave and had a cool molding toy named after him.
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. Harold Camping. Because the mere mention of his name makes people laugh.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. "he said" and "she said"
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Not learning to tap dance at a young age.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. Really good tap dancing.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Raising two sons who still tolerate me.
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. My feet turn out and clip things to either side of me while I walk.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. My eyebrows have not yet gone gray. I focus on them when I look in the mirror, and so should you.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. Any of the actors on the TV show LOST.
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. See three questions above this. Ow!
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Oscar Schmultz. I made him up when I was a kid. You would like him, I think.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Lex Luthor, although "favorite" would kind of knock out the idea of a villain, wouldn't it?
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. "Duck, Mr. Lincoln."
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. People who crunch their voices at the ends of sentences.
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Sleeping. Is there anything else?
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Paid retired astronaut.
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Pulchritude, indefatigability, insouciance. I think. I have to look them up first.
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Avocado salad with tahini dressing. Wait. Sorry. Just had a bit of a spell. Chocolate chocolate-chip ice cream.
