I'd been working with Trevor Nunn at the National, and he asked me if I'd be up for taking over from Jonathan Pryce as Henry Higgins.
And Turness is up for taking part.
"Who's up for taking us home from the restaurant tonight?" he asked jovially.
At the end of the day, it seemed, most people were up for taking a risk.
If anyone was up for taking things up a notch, it was Xili (pictured above, right), a hardworking, hard-playing lawyer.
Pierce Brosnan is set to be the next actor to go from action movie doldrums to the Expendables franchise, revealing he has been offered a role in a sequel and is up for taking it.
As Dubya does the media rounds, what interviewers really want to ask him is whether his younger brother, Jeb, is up for taking on Hillary Clinton, in a dynastic rematch, come 2016.
Her husband Kevin Rettig, a software developer, was up for taking one, too so the couple traveled around the world for an entire year in 2002, visiting almost 30 countries.
"The Journey" has barely begun, but against the odds, I'm up for strapping in and seeing where it takes me next.
I don't know where it will take me, but I'm up for the journey.
But if you're up for taking in some more natural sights and sounds, the Newport Cliff Walk is a must -- a 3.5-mile walkway that borders the back lawns of the infamous (and original) Breakers and the other Newport Mansions.
