TO: ALL AGENTS
RE: FIELD REPORT
Las Vegas, NV
August 13, 1995
1:30pm

It was time. I sat fidgeting in my seat. My first convention and my first meeting with Mitch. They showed his Vietnam scene in "One Breath" before he came out. When he came out, he looked quite handsome, wearing faded blue jeans, cowboy boots, and a white long sleeve shirt with the sleeves pushed up showing his awesome forearms. The audience gave him a wonderful round of applause for which he was very flattered. He told the story of how he auditioned for two roles previous to Skinner but wasn't chosen for. He went back a third time, not quite sure why since the first two attempts were unsuccessful, and with an attitude. "Apparently, Chris (Carter) mistook it for acting" cause he got the part. Later when he asked why they liked him this time, he was told it was the fact that he had been shaving his head before.

He then opened up the floor for questions. There were the standard "Do you believe in UFO" questions, as well as "How do you like working with David/Gillian/Chris". Mitch enjoys his work on "The X-Files" very much. I asked which he preferred doing television, theater, or films and he replied that he liked doing "The X-Files" the most. Theater is done live and there's no chance to correct any mistakes and film is a very dragged out process. Working with Chris, David, and Gillian makes it even better as they tend to goof around on the set and have a great time. He was asked if he was married to which he replied no, but that he does have a girlfriend.

Mitch was very nice and well spoken up on stage. He has very commanding presence but not an overwhelming one. He signed autographs at the end of his Q & A session and naturally, I had to stand in line to talk to him. I handed him a copy of "The Picture" (see Robin Mayhall's Web page under "Other Mitchly Sites" on the MPEB Home page). He laughed, grinned, and blushed then asked where I got it from. I told him it was taken from the copy of the Austin Community Theater Program for "Frankie and Johnnie in the Clarie de Lune" that Robin had. He remembered Robin and I had him autograph a picture for her. I told him who I was and that it was nice meeting him. He was polite and smiling the whole time. I, on the other hand, was nervous as heck and felt like I was stumbling over my words. Apparently I did make a good impression because he did remember me the next time I saw him (see Field Report for the Pasadena Convention).

(I apologize for the incompleteness of this report as it is being filed a month after the event and I am unsure of whether things took place there or at Pasadena.)


Respectfully Submitted,
Special Agent Paula Mackey
plmackey@delphi.com

View the photos from the convention.