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“Connectors have an uplifting effect when they come into contact with people who are living in lower energy levels. Their peacefulness causes others to feel calm and assured, and they radiate an energy of serenity and peace.” -Wayne Dyer Today and every day going forward (especially when you’re producing something)… Can you strive in everyContinue reading “A Little Bit Better?”

“Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it…Consistency is the heart of dull acting.” -Michael Shurtleff, Audition The great stage and screen actor, Hume Cronyn, said he followed one rule as an actor: “If you’re doing the devil, look for the angelContinue reading “Opposites”

“Just know your lines and don’t bump into the furniture.” -Spencer Tracy “Act without doing. Work without effort.” –Tao Te Ching The easier something looks to do is inversely proportional to the amount of mastery that’s behind it.

The Pareto principle: for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the “vital few”). Named after the Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1896 that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population, this principle evidences itself throughout nature and across a wide variety ofContinue reading “80/20 It”

Escape Velocity: “the minimum velocity that a moving body (such as a rocket) must have to escape from the gravitational field of a celestial body (such as the earth) and move outward into space.” Holy Metaphor Alert! Here we go… You are the rocket. You desire to do something great, make art, make a change,Continue reading “Escape Velocity”

“The single best thing an actor can do, both professionally and personally, is to create their own work.” -Jenna Fischer, from her book The Actor’s Life “Hard work doesn’t guarantee you success. But without it, you don’t stand a chance.” -Pat Riley Jenna Fischer recently wrote a phenomenal book about the actor’s life. I highlyContinue reading “Jenna Fischer – “The Actor’s Life”: Three Reasons”

“People are people, so why should it be? You and I should get along so awfully.” -Depeche Mode, song People Are People “When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell goodContinue reading “People Are People”

Do tons of work on your own before asking. (Writers, at the very least, make a concerted effort to eliminate spelling and grammatical errors and all other typos.) Have a select group of people whose opinion you trust and taste you respect. Even if it’s radically different than yours. Relinquish the need for praise orContinue reading “On Receiving Feedback”

“Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.” -Epictetus To get to where you wanna go… ..You must first fully accept where you are now. For more on acceptance, listen to this excellent podcast episode with Navy Seal Jocko Willink.Continue reading “Acceptance”

For the actor… Care way less about whether you were emotional. Whether you were “feeling it” up there. That you were moved. Care way more about whether your audience was.