is as easy as walking on two feet.

It's not scary or frightening to me in the least.

I've always been flexible.

But not just a little bit flexible, I'm really flexible.

Little did I know that this ability was, in fact,

the talent that would change my life completely.

I'm Troy James, and I'm a creature actor.

I play creatures on TV and movies

that move in ways that make the audience squirm.

My talent is that all of my joints-

my legs, my arms, my shoulders, my fingers-

they just bend however I want them to.

So if you need an alien, a demon, or a nonhuman creature

that doesn't move in the ways that normal human people do,

that's when you call me.

It looks like what I do is extremely painful.

Really, it doesn't hurt at all.

I don't know why I am as flexible as I am.

It's just something I was born with.

I'm the only one in my family

who can bend his arms and legs the way I do.

I didn't think it was that strange

until other kids told me it was,

but they weren't very nice about it.

And I remember being very embarrassed and I hid it away

because what makes you different when you're growing up

isn't something to be proud of.

I hid it for a long time.

But that all changed when I got a job

as an amusement park ride operator.

It was a hot day,

the ride was down for some reason or another,

the guests were getting kind of ornery,

and I thought, why don't I show them what I can do?

And I went up and down the line

making really cool shapes with my body, and it was a hit.

And that was the first time

I'd gotten that sort of positive reaction from other people,

showcasing my talent.

I never thought my ability

was anything more than a really cool party trick.

My friend put his camera up to me and said,

"Show me something cool."

Then he posted it on the internet,

and all of a sudden, my phone started ringing.

I started getting calls to be cast in TV shows,

and I didn't look back.

If you had told me a year ago, I was going to be an actor,

I would've laughed at you.

But after some of my performances,

people have told me that it's not just the way

I move my body that's effective, it's the acting behind it.

I bring a reaction to the audience.

I can thrill them, so to speak.

Coming from a place where you were ostracized

as I was as a child, I can bring that out as a creature.

It's interesting that something that I hid for so long

is now taking me places that I never imagined I would go.

I believe everyone has a super power.

And you may not know it's a super power,

but if it's something

that you're passionate about that makes you happy,

I think sharing it with the world

may not be such a bad idea after all.