2322  Mr. Travolta

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:48:39 -0600
From: donnay@DONNAY.NET
Subject: Mr. Travolta

I understand his reticence. I get too many people who come up to me (usually
during a milonga!) and say "That's cool! Teach me that!" I can't teach much
in 3 minutes. Better to take a lesson.

On the other hand, if you only do things you're good at, how do you get good
at anything?

> >Cute story about John Travolta, though. While filming here in
> >Baltimore about a year ago, he played squash on Thursday nights on a
> >court adjacent to the room we use for our Thursday night
> practica. He
> >strolled over to watch one night and murmured about tango being so
> >beautiful, so I asked him if he'd like to try. He declined,
> smiling,
> >and said he doesn't feel comfortable doing anything unless he's very
> >well trained. His sexiness quotient dropped a bit with that
> remark--
> >too concerned with others' perceptions... :)