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But several things changed that thought process. One being that, while I was born with some vision, I am now losing it completely. Learning that, tends to put a fire under your butt to reach your greatest heights: a height I could never reach without being true to myself completely. If my goal is to be a public figure, well, that public figure includes all of me.
At one point, my late manager Gary Salzman (RIP), had asked me why I didn’t talk more about my disability. I told him, “These big namers in the industry will think I’m weird!” He laughed and said, “Listen, you inspire me. I’m an old Jewish guy and watching you do what you do, inspires me. You need to share that.”