One of my favorite pastimes is watching ‘B’ movies and laughing. They’re usually cheap or “bad” movies that were made with serious intentions but had bad acting, lousy plots, horrific directing, cheap effects, or all of the above.

One the types of movies in this category that I enjoy is animal horror movies. Ones where animals either get real huge or attack in huge numbers.

Any kind of scary movie usually has moments where something that’s not visible to the camera scares or attacks someone. Maybe they’re grabbing them and pulling them into something or maybe they’re beating on a door or wall, trying to get in. You know the kind of scene I’m talking about. Somebody peeks into a hole and gets pulled in. Or maybe they take refuge in a small room with a locked door and then the “creature” starts pounding on the door, denting it, trying to get in. Or at least is shaking the flimsy walls.

That’s the role I would want. If I couldn’t play a character actor in a movie, I’d want to be the one behind the scenes that’s shaking the wall or grabbing the person. Every time I see that happen in a movie, I think, “That would be me there!”