Ben Schaeffer:
CLASS OF 1991
Edward R. Murrow High SchoolClass of 1991
Brooklyn, NY
Ben's Story
Ben is from Vallejo, California. Ben is in a domestic partnership. Ben's schools include Edward R. Murrow High School. Ben later attended New York Film Academy (Short Film Production, Acting For Film, Editing 101), Northwest Film Center (Documentary Filmaking, 8 & 16mm Film Production), The British American Drama Academy (Classical Shakesperean Drama, The History Of The English Theater), Hampshire College (Psychology, Literature, BA in Theater& Film). Ben works(ed) at San Francisco Symphony, Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures, California Department of Rehabilitation.
Music Ben likes includes CAZWELL, Power933, KFAT 92.9. Books Ben likes include William Styron, Stieg Larsson, If i am a man. Movies Ben likes include Craving Cuba, A Documentary Film, Les Miserables - Musical, AMY. TV shows Ben likes include SundanceTV, Queer as Folk (2000 TV series), Independent Lens | PBS.
One of Ben's favorite quotes is:""In order for me to marry you, it requires you stop snacking on small children while they dream!" Ryan Reynolds to Sandra Bullock in "The Proposal"
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"Consider: Is This A Man? Who labours in the mud. Who knows no peace. Who fights for a crust of bread. Who dies at a "yes" or a "no." Consider: Whether this is a woman? Without hair or name. With no more strength to remember. Eyes empty and womb cold." -Is this a man? Primo Levi-
"A Leopard can't change it's stripes, and neither can a Queer."
-Sharon Gless (as Debbie Novotny in Queer As Folk, Season 1-
"I'm Half Italian and Half Drag Queen, I'm allowed to get worked up!"
-Hal Sparks (as Michael Novotny in Queer As Folk, Season 2-
"Stop treating Ben like he's a disease, he's a person!"
-Hal Sparks (as Michael Novotny) in Queer As Folk, Season 2-
"I'm not anti-social, I just can't stand people."
-Randy Harrison (as Justin Taylor) in Queer As Folk, Season
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"It is during those times of uncertainty about whether or not we can carry on, that we MUST!" -My own thought, hatched out of my own little brain ;) -".
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