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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Chocolate
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child, I used to eat sugar Frosted Flakes with chocolate milk, but I digest, I mean digress.
- Diabetes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my parents died they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases; one being diabetes.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great childhood, a very close-knit family. We were all overweight, and we had good times eating together, I imagine.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't get a Bachelor's degree - I got a Bachelor's of Fine Arts, which means I didn't have to take humanities, math, and stuff like that. I think I had to take Art History, which I failed a few times.
- Degree
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- Nov 07, 2020
I also have a degree in marriage, family and child counseling - I'm a therapist.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health.
- Devil
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way to deal with the devil of obesity and diabetes is literally one day at a time.
- Diabetes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my parents died, they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases, one being diabetes. I became a diabetic at 17 and went on this road of kind of self-destruction, eating-wise, until I was 40.
- Awareness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've become a representative of the American Diabetes Association, and then I just became national spokesman for the American Heart Association for a campaign called The Heart of Diabetes, which brings the awareness of cardio-vascular disease to diabetics.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember I made $22 a week doing dinner theater in Norfolk, Virginia. Back then, in the '70s, that was pretty good for a teenager, for a part-time job.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I auditioned for 'Animal House,' I had only done some plays at a local dinner theater in Virginia.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
I finally admitted that obesity and diabetes were part of a life-threatening legacy - and I had to deal with that reality or die.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of the most insecure people in the world, always have been, and when you're a fat kid, you try to make the fat jokes before other people make them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to high school in Virginia Beach, Va., and we had these guys - they were surfers. They didn't like me, never talked to me. And if they didn't like you, they threw toothpicks at you. After I did a play, it was different. I found out I was pretty good at something.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you left this one theater in Norfolk, the actors had to walk through the lobby to get out to the street. People would see you and say nice things, tell you that you were good. So, pretty soon I'm pretending to forget things backstage, going through the lobby a couple of times.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I did on my diet was take the batteries out of the remote control and make myself get up and change the channel. That's probably the hardest exercise I did.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll make a diet cheesecake, but I'll put it in a Sara Lee box. Or I'll have a huge bowl of pasta, but it's actually just a cup of pasta - the rest is vegetables. It makes me feel less deprived.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell people I'm on a diet. If somebody sees me with a muffin, they'll think I'm off my diet. It's like secret little police that I've made for myself.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020