At the University of Miami Sly joined the Ring Theater, where he was not exactly encouraged to continue anything other than to pick up a saw and a hammer and chisel and work in theater--behind the curtain, not in front of it. They said he was too physical, his voice was  too deep and his mouth has a snarly look" .Sly went home completely paranoid." I didn't want to go home and look at myself. I was the Elephant Boy. What happened? Came here feeling good and I'm leaving as the Quasimodo of the South Beach. I couldn't believe it".