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 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - I blew my previous shot at stardom.
It was 1986. A film crew came by my college looking for extras for a movie they were shooting at a nearby lake resort in Pembroke, Va. — a little film called "Dirty Dancing." One of my friends went, became a production assistant and got to follow Patrick Swayze around with a spritzer bottle, making sure he looked appropriately sweaty.
She's now in Hollywood, the movie capital of the world. I'm now in Hartford, the insurance capital of the world.
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