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Famous
for nit being famous

Dennis
Woodruff
Hollywood 'movie star
sort of -
If you go to Hollywood and look around the trende coffee shops and restarants, it is unlikely that you will meet your favourite film stre.Hollywood it is almost certain that you will meet Dennis Woodruff.
Dennis is a 'movie star - well, sort of. You Iearn this quicky beuause he tells everyone he meets. He wears a T-shirt that says Dennis Woodruff, world-famous actor . On his modified Chevrolet convertible he has five Oscars (fake unfortunately) and other awards that he has won. He also hands out videotapes of his filme in exchange for a modest
$10 .
If fame is a matter of being known be influential people, then Dennis Woodruff is certainly famous. He describes himself as Hollywood's best known out-of- work for 25 years. It is true that he has been on television over 300 times and has worked in about 45 motion pictures,invariably as an extra. but mostly he is known as the hippie guy with the long blond ponytail, who is trapped in the only role he has been able to play with any success - playing Dennis. Everything about Dennis has to do with selling himself. He talks constantly about his life, his talent, his artistic abilities, his ambitinos. His never-ending search for work in the film indutry no longer has any realistic chance of success, of nwo he acts out the role of an actor lokking for work. (Cast me shouts the writing on his car Buy my movie !'
' . Actually' says Dennis, I am movie star .It's just that no one has realized it yet. His 'movies' titled Dennis Woodruff the Movie, Parts I and II and Double feature, starring Dennis Woodruff are heavily autobiographical - more documentaries of his life than anything else. You can watch him auditioning for parts in front of the security cameras at local restaurants. People recongnize him and then. sadly, ignore him.
He has rugged, unconvntional good looks, though he seems tired. 'I've been making another movie about me. It's called life Is Art. I want to show eveyone how my life is like a work of art'.
One of the most miserable tales he tells is about how he nearly made the big time. The famous actor John Wayne was going to give him a break, buut
unfortunately he died. Legendary producer Otto Preminger wanted to make him a star. He also died.
Now nearly50, Dennis first had the idea of promoting himself over 20 years ago when he asked a casting director who he had been turned down for apart. 'Because you're not a big name in Hollywood,' came the answer. Dennis immediately wrote his name in huge latters on the top of his car. It didn't get him noticed.

He's been living in a mobile home in Est Hollywood for 30 years, and to his credit,he manages to his credit, he manages to earn a living. He has ste up a production company with his brother, and he has sold 15,000 success, he feels, is just around the corner. Now there's optimism for you .