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“Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching.” -C.S. Lewis “Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” -Thomas à Kempis “Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt and live like it’s heaven on Earth.” –Continue reading “Art Vs. Actions”

“You’re dangerous ’cause you’re honest.” -U2, song Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? The best acting isn’t safe. It’s dangerous. Unpredictable. Honest. Vulnerable. Raw. You’re out there on the edge. Not sure what’s gonna happen next. It should feel like that, anyway. To you and the audience. (Not “out of control” though. There is aContinue reading “Safe For Dangerous Work”

“When I was starting out, I used to sit down and write a couple times a week. And then, one day, I was watching these construction workers go back to work. I was watching them kind of trudgin’ down the street…It was like a revelation to me, and I realized, ‘These guys don’t want toContinue reading “Just Do The Thing”

For the actor… Sometimes coming with the exact right verb or phrase for what you want or your actions in a scene/overall script, is difficult. Another way to tackle this is to just write down what your character dreams about. Write one or two pages in vivid detail. Dont’ edit. Don’t worry if it’s logicalContinue reading “What’s Your Dream?”

“Artists can talk. Artists love interviews. Artists love talking about their songs, being asked about their melodies and lyrics and creativity. Because artists know that as long as they keep talking they can hide within the words. Because artists know that the music itself is fully exposing. No more hiding. The music is the thing.Continue reading “Gold Medal Talk”

“Bad teams, they reject their roles. Good teams, accept their roles. Great teams, embrace their roles.” -JJ Redick “There are no small parts, only small actors.” -Konstantin Stanislavski Forget about the size or quality of the role. If you’re fortunate enough to be cast in a project, then go all out. Give it everything youContinue reading “Be A Star In Your Role”

“It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral — whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable ofContinue reading “Did You Work On Your Eulogy Today?”

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” -Alan Kay “There were no textbooks, so we had to write them.” -Katherine Johnson, Mathematician and NASA scientist who played a key role in sending the first astronauts to space, on what it took to accomplish the mission “I criticize by creation, not byContinue reading “Create It”

“Dreams are the seeds to reality.” -James Allen “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” -Aristotle “Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.Continue reading “Dreams Into Reality”

“The lack of a singular hero in the face of this disaster is not something to fret — only our desire for one is. Even though some claimed to be such heroes around the other disasters we’ve faced, I find they were more like the movies we make – they were acting a role. TheyContinue reading “Only Each Other”