One of my passions besides writing is acting. Throughout my time in high school, I spent all four of my years participating in a variety of different plays such as Charlotte’s Web, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
In Charlotte’s Web, I played Homer Zuckerman, which I portrayed with an accent similar to John Wayne’s. In Hamlet, I played the ghost of Hamlet’s father, which I did by impersonating a madman. With Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, I had two roles, Polonius and one of the pirates. While playing Polonius, I portrayed him as a zealot who was eager to serve. During the pirate scene, I poked my head out of one of the barrels with a bandana wrapped around my head, an eyepatch, and sword in my teeth. In addition, we also did a musical for Peter Pan and I played a pirate again, but I added even more energy into the role by making my character overzealous when it came to making Captain Hook happy.
Later in life, I learned how to do voice acting and impressed my instructor with an impersonation of Skeletor from He-Man. One might say that I excel at imitating eccentric and crazed characters. I might do some acting again. Only time will tell.
Grady P Brown - Author 
I read this too quickly at first and thought you said you played Hamlets father with the voice of John Wayne…. not sure that would have worked.
The more writers I get to know the more I realize have dabbled in a lot of the arts. I’ve done singing, acting, dancing, and such myself. Acting I think is a huge asset because it helps you understand how to write realistic dialogue that reads can connect with. So awesome to hear about your experiences.
acting is something that always amazes me, I don’t know how people manage it! I wont be able to deliver a single dialogue!