Passing an audition?

[Alex]

Good for him.

One of my great regrets is that through my childhood years I let my fear of public speaking get in the way of a lot of good things (I almost flunked my high school Shakespeare class because I wouldn't even act things out in the classroom environment).

Somewhere in the middle of college that fear just completely disappeared (and not because I started doing it, it is just like one day I realized it was a stupid fear and it stopped). I never did any kind of performing but I think it is a great thing for young people to be involved with.