Considering the practically nonverbal childhood I evolved from, it’s head-spinning to emerge as the unofficial king of documentary talking heads, and to have so many people clamoring for my opinions. The director wanted me to provide some context for Persis’s career, and I gladly did so, delighted to have yet one more person aiming a camera at my face. Last year, I was even interrogated for a doc about Persis Khambatta, the obscure model-actor who played the bald Lieutenant Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, back in 1979. I’ve been interviewed for docs about gays, lesbians, bisexuals, “f*g hags,” and Paris Hilton. (Maybe someone should do a documentary about whether or not I get in.)Īs a sort of all-purpose bobblehead savant for the streaming era, I pop up in documentaries about nightlife, New York City, queer history, fashion, movies, celebrity gossip, politics, and porn stars. As someone who’s been privy to many cultural happenings for decades and remembers every second of it all, I’ve appeared in so many documentaries that a Facebook friend is seriously considering contacting the Guinness Book of World Records about it.
