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“Simply, if you’re working with good material, then it’s right there, and you don’t have to try so hard as an actor; you don’t have to do so much. Just let the material sit inside you and let it come out. Just say the words.” -Dule Hill “There’s no great plan except doing really goodContinue reading “The Greatness Cheat Code”

“When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running. And a system can be successful in many different forms, not just the one you first envision.” -James Clear “We can developContinue reading “Back To Process”

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand. -Neil Armstrong “When people lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster. When people do not fear worldly power, a greater power will arrive. Do not limit the view of yourself. Do not despise the conditions of your birth. Do notContinue reading “Say Yes To Awe and Wonder”

In addition to recapping my end of year favorites (films, plays, books, albums, etc.) I thought for 2025, I’d share each month. Without further adieu and in no particular order, here are some May favorites (Better late than never!)… FILMS: It Happened One Night directed by Frank Capra – A masterpiece, pre-Code screwball comedy, andContinue reading “May 2025 Favorites”

Ken Mattingly: You started on a procedure?John Aaron, EECOM Arthur: Well, the engineers have tried, but, I mean, it’s your ship. We gotta get you in there.Ken Mattingly: Okay. Frank, I need the sim cold and dark. Give me the exact same conditions they’ve got in there now. And I need, uh, present status ofContinue reading “Prototyping”

“Over time I learned that I can choose how to respond to the past. I can be miserable, or I can be hopeful—I can be depressed, or I can be happy. We always have that choice, that opportunity for control. I’m here, this is now, I have learned to tell myself, over and over, untilContinue reading “Guilt”

“If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them…The first step is toContinue reading “Preparing To Flow”

“The problem that confronts us today, and which the nearest future it to solve, is how to be one’s self and yet in oneness with others, to feel deeply with all human beings and still retain one’s own characteristic qualities.” -Emma Goldman “If you have resonance with a certain medium and you feel you canContinue reading “The Day To Day Version”

“Never shirk the proper dispatch of your duty, no matter if you are freezing or hot, groggy or well-rested, vilified or praised, not even if dying or pressed by other demands. Even dying is one of the important assignments of life and, in this as in all else, make the most of your resources toContinue reading “How To Live And Die”

For the actor… Feel like you got nothing? Start there. Be honest. Don’t deny it. Bring that no-thing into the rehearsal room. Make it a part of your character. If you can have the guts to do that rather than force what you think “it should be”, then before you know it, you’ll have something.Continue reading “Got Nothing?”