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Uh-oh, I feel a sports metaphor coming on… It doesn’t matter that the only reason you got in the game is because you brought the ball. Or that there were nine players and they needed you for ten to run full court. All that matters is what you do once you get in the game.

“If you truly do your best, and only you will really know, then you are successful, and the actual score is immaterial whether it was favorable or unfavorable. However, when you fail to do your best, you have failed even though the score might’ve been to your liking. I want to be able to feel,Continue reading “10-4 Over 4-10”

Care about people’s approvaland you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back.The only path to serenity. -excerpt from Verse 9 of the Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) The Master does his joband then stops.He understands that the universeis forever out of control,and that trying to dominate eventsgoes against theContinue reading “Love It Or Hate It”

Speaking of the feeling, one of my favorite questions to ask my fellow actors is “When did you first know you wanted to be an actor?” We even devoted a whole Vs. Tuesday Night discussion to this question. The responses shared were inspiring and rich in detail. Some experienced the feeling first-hand on stage. SomeContinue reading ““For The Rest Of My Life””

“And he said, ‘Because life’s on the wire. The rest is just waiting.’ I understood immediately why Charlie [Laughton] was telling me this story. It stuck with me for a long time. Life’s on the wire, man. That’s my acting, my life. When I work, I’m on the wire. When I’m going for it. WhenContinue reading “The Feeling”

“Have blind faith that if you go in and work every day it will get better. Three days will go by and you will be in that office and you will think every day is terrible. But on the fourth day, if you do go in, if you don’t go into town or out inContinue reading “It Always Sucks…Until It Doesn’t”

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” -Benjamin Franklin “When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.” -Evelyn Waugh Fact: Someone way worse off than you, with far less resources than you, accomplished something far greater than what you’re trying to do. The next time youContinue reading ““Yeah. I Know. But…””

My left stroke just went viralRight stroke put lil’ baby in a spiralSoprano C, we like to keep it on a high noteIt’s levels to it, you and I know Tell ’em, be humble (hol’ up)Sit down (hol’ up, hol’ up, lil’, hol’ up)Be humble (hol’ up) -song “Be Humble” by Kendrick Lamar Express yourselfContinue reading “BAH! Humble Brag”

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning “Humans are creators of meaning, and finding deep meaning in our experiences is not just another nameContinue reading “I Mean It To Be”

“This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest, our solipsistic zoom-lens on life, and relate to the world and each other with more integrity, more curiosity, more wholeheartedness.” -Maria Popova “Being an artist means to be continually asking, “How can it be better?” whatever it is. It may be yourContinue reading “Art Can Be A Bridge”