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“There is no path to greatness without hard work. And the only person who feels like working hard for years is someone who is excited about the task. You only get one life and you’re going to burn the days either way, so the real question is: What excites you and interests you? What makesContinue reading “Follow Your Enthusiasm”

“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myselfContinue reading “Lose Control”

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.” -Elizabeth Gilbert “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” -John Wooden “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the moreContinue reading “Seek Out Personal Effort”

“We must all do theatre, to find out who we are, and to discover who we could become.” -Augusto Boal “The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one’s office for a job.” -Tennessee Williams “I regard theContinue reading “Theatre As Therapy”

“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” -Seneca “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” -Mark Twain “All things are so very uncertain, and that’s exactly what makes me feel reassured,” -Tove Jansson “This is the paradox we live with: We crave certainty,Continue reading “You’re Still Here”

Taste is talent. And like any talent, you need to develop it. How to do this? First, figure out what art you really love and why. What about it really speaks to you? What moves you? Perhaps keep a simple “artistic journal” where you can write down your thoughts about the art you just consumed.Continue reading “Developing Taste”

“We need to ask for help, ask for the sale, ask for introductions, and the list goes on and on, and it’s very possible that the idea of asking my give you some anxiety…It’s easy to see our asks as an inconvenience to someone else, especially if someone asked something of us that felt likeContinue reading “Asking For What You Want”

Here’s a little song I wroteYou might want to sing it note for noteDon’t worryBe happyIn every life we have some troubleBut when you worry you make it doubleDon’t worryBe happy now. -song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin “There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.” -Thich Nhat Hanh “You couldContinue reading “Be Happy Now”

For the actor… Having trouble listening in a scene?…Pretend like you’re hitchhiking on a dark night on a desolate road. You’re thirsty and starving and your feet are aching from walking all day. Because no one offered to give you a lift. You’re exhausted. A dirty semi-truck pulls over and the driver tells you toContinue reading “Listen Like You’re Hitchhiking”

For the actor… If you’re having trouble coming up with specific actions to play in a given scene, then just focus on raising the stakes. See if you can raise them to the point where your life depends on getting what you want. If you truly believe that it does, then the actions will takeContinue reading “As If Your Life Depends On It”