A few years back I decided to take a break from my usual weekend activities running a youth outdoors/camping group. I knew at the time I would need something else to occupy my time.
*Completely *out of character for me (introvert) I got involved with a local theatre production which was being run as a community inclusion project. All up there were about 70 people involved ranging in age from about 8 years old up to 80 and at least two people with Downs syndrome as well.
After 7 months of acting classes and rehersals we put on 15 performances of The Madwoman of Chaillot which were pretty well recieved.
A heap of fun was had but a lot of friends asked me how I got involved - to which I usually answered that I “Just wanted to do something different.”
I can now reveal that the insiration to do drama came from watching the Family Guy episode The King is Dead. 
The timing was perfect, I watched the episode, thought - “I could do that!” and happened to find an ad in the local free newspaper about the theater project (it’s possible booze was also involved).
Anyone else?