o actor cirúrgico

— Ah, you know, I just love all your wild characters, Peter, but backstage here you can just relax and be yourself.
— But that, you see my dear Kermitt, would be altogether impossible. I could never be myself.
— Never yourself?
— No. You see... there is no me, I do not exist.
— I... I... I beg your pardon...?
— There used to be a me... but I had it surgically removed.