Tiffany Pulvino is a role model to all of us in the entertainment industry. She's been plugging away and persevering in her craft for roughly ten years now, and finding work; lots of work! She might not be a household name (yet), but her success makes all of us in the industry proud to call ourselves actors. We root for her continued success.
I didn't know Tiffany before she called me the day before her Mom and Dad's Anniversary in Staten Island. She found me pretty much the way everyone else finds me; through the internet. I've dealt with major celebrities over the years ( Glenn Close, Steve Gutenberg, Jason Alexander, Cliff Robertson, Lindsay Lohan, Tom Clancy, Rupert Holmes, Comden and Green, Donna Murphy, Jerry Zaks, Barry Manilow, Natalie Portman...to name a few) and because these people are essentially my peers, there's a respectful admiration.
Actually, it was Tiffany who volunteered her profession, when she asked me if I was a performer, because "You sound like one", she said. When I countered with "How would you know that?", she said, "Because I am a performer!" A quick Google-check confirmed that.
I like to please all my clients, but entertainment professionals get a little extra service. Tiffany's folks live in the beautiful Emerson Hill neighborhood of Staten Island. The child of hard-working Italians from Brooklyn, Tiffany's Mother was a model and singer who gave it all up to settle down and raise a family.
It took forever to get to the house because most of the highways were in pot hole repair mode, impeding traffic to those venturing out in the middle of the day. Still I got there within my time limit.
The street her parents live on has big homes on small properties. When I arrived to deliver my Anniversary song, the entrance to the house was around back; a very nondescript, but fairly modern style. I walked around back and knocked on the sliding door, looking in to see a large modern kitchen. Mom came to the door and let me in.
"Where's your husband?", I asked. "He's not here.", she replied. "He's coming in from Brooklyn and there's a lot of traffic." I was focused on her and nothing else; totally oblivious to my surroundings, but I sensed a dampness in the air and a faint smell of.....chlorine!
I proceeded to sing my song, made her cry (which I LOVE to do!), and turned to exit. It was at that point, I saw a regulation sized built-in swimming pool.......in the kitchen! "You have a pool in your kitchen!", I exclaimed. "Yes!"she replied ( with a subtle hint of "Well you're very observant, aren't you!"). I kissed her goodbye, wished her well, and went back to my car. I texted Tiffany to say "Mission Accomplished" and to note that there was a swimming pool in her parent's kitchen (as if she didn't know!). She texted back with an LOL!
I was halfway out of my tuxedo, when this car comes down the block and pulls in the driveway. I waited until the driver got out. I rolled down my window and asked, "Are you Chris?". "Yes", he answered somewhat cautiously. "Go inside," I insisted. "Why?" he said. "Just go inside". I put my tuxedo back on and went back to the house to sing once again, but this time to BOTH of them on their Anniversary. And this time, Chris cried.
Mom was great and gracious, offering to feed me. "No," I said, " I'd rather take a dip in your pool just so I can say, I did!"
"You look like a movie star!", she said. "My daughter's an actress out in California."
That made my day. That made my year!
Kerry
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