Where in the world am I today?: North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prologue: I first met Al Millar in 1999 at the Ottawa Busker’s Festival… Man… The past 10 years have flown past… Al was, at that time, the new kid on the block a new generation of street performer who was balls-to-the-wall ready to be the next great thing! To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to make of this guy from Australia with the spiky hair and tattoos, but his show was certainly the strongest new show I’d seen in years, audiences loved him, and I was really pleased to discover that he was a really nice guy. We hit it off as friends right away and I have a vivid memory of getting hooked on Frozen Yogurt Cones thanks to Al while we were performing at the Ottawa Festival. Good times!
Stats:
Name: Al Millar
Birthday: April 19, 1978
Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia
Started Performing/Working in the Industry: 1996
Discipline: Comedy Juggler/Human Knot/contortionist
Website: http://www.thehumanknot.com/
Video Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4eOuc3fl1FE
Venues Worked: Street, Stage, Corporate, Festivals
Hot 10 Questions:
- What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream and why? • Chocolate of course, but now its soy ice cream, no lactose!!
- Name one movie that would make it to your Top 10 all-time great films • Fight Club
- What was your favorite toy from childhood? • My Matchbox cars.
- Who were your biggest inspirations when you got started? • Butterfly Man, Captain Keano, Lucky Rich, Jp Mck.
- From the world of animation what one character do you most identify with or see yourself in? • Sonic the Hedgehog.
- Name something that scares you. • The dentist
- Apart from the entertainment industry, name one other job you’ve had. • Paper Boy
- What’s something you haven’t done yet that you’d like to try? • Playing stadiums with my band HumanKind
- What’s your least favourite thing about being a performer? • Airports ugh!
- If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? • No one can touch you AL, now that your here we are switching jobs!
The Nugget:
Pick one nugget of wisdom you’ve picked up from your career in Show Business to share with the World.
“Smile, shave, slow down, if you wait long enough the world will fall at your feet. Keep it simple!!!”
–Al Millar
