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“Everything is an audition…One of the biggest mistakes I see people make is they are too short-sighted…When I’m trying to build something, I pretend it’s an audition for a bigger stage.” -Turney Duff “The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and he has nothingContinue reading “Everything Is An Audition”

“An actor puts on a mask and knows they are acting. But the hypocrite puts one on without even feeling that it is there.” -Unknown “Actors are the only honest hypocrites.” -William Hazlitt “Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachmentContinue reading “Hypocrite”

“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” -St. Therese of Lisieux “Thinking about yourself is indistinguishable from suffering. Self consciousness is literally a facet of trait neuroticism.” -Jordan Peterson If you feelContinue reading “Simple Acts Of Love”

“Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well….Never say about anything, ‘I have lost it,’ but say, ‘I have given it back.” -Epictetus, Enchiridion “What do you possess that you have not received?” -1 Corinthians 4:7 “It is not yourContinue reading “The Cure For Entitlement”

“Every play you do is a rehearsal for the next play you do.” -Jefferson Mays “So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.” -Friedrich Durrenmatt Fear not. Fret not. You’re exactly in the right pointContinue reading “On Point”

“Every action, thought and feeling is motivated by an intention.” -Gary Zukav Intentions are great and are the seeds of action. But in the end no one cares what you intended to do. They only care what you actually, did do. Action. Action. Action. P.S. – Speaking of intentions and actions, this fantastic IG postContinue reading “Intention Vs. Action”

“How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations “Comparison is the thief of joy.” -Teddy Roosevelt Just like the sprinter or swimmer shouldn’t look sideways to seeContinue reading “Don’t Look Sideways”

“If you decide you need $100,000 to be happy, $50,000 feels like a failure. If you decide $40,000 is enough to be happy, suddenly you’re a success. Too often, we forget that failure is just this arbitrary definition we make up in our heads. We decide, “This is what’s going to happen.” And when itContinue reading “You learned.”

“An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.” -Marlon Brando “It’s not about losing yourself in the role. It’s about finding yourself in the role.” -Uta Hagen “Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.” -August WilsonContinue reading “It’s All Fuel”

“They call me Mr. Determined.” -John Cusack as Dan Bartlett in the film, Hot Pursuit For the actor… Not pursuing any objective is uninteresting to play and watch. So is achieving your objective.. It’s that glorious middle, when you’re in hot pursuit of something you care deeply about, that makes you riveting. It’s also soContinue reading “Hot Pursuit”