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The sooner you figure out who you love and want to spend your life with, the more time you get to spend with the person you love. The same holds true for your work and art. The sooner you figure out what you love to do, the more time you get to do the thingContinue reading “Love And Time”

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” -Barack Obama “When people lead, the leaders will follow.” -Mahatma Ghandi A common childhood dream–or at least I hope it still is–is to one dayContinue reading “Being President”

“And in every one of us, there’s a war going on. It’s a civil war. I don’t care who you are, I don’t care where you live, there is a civil war going on in your life. And every time you set out to be good, there’s something pulling on you, telling you to beContinue reading “The Two Wolves Inside Us”

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay aliveContinue reading “Evaluating Art”

I see the words on a rocking horse of timeI see the birds in the rain… I’ll ride the wave where it takes me… How I’ve opened up, release meRelease me, release me, ah, release me -Pearl Jam, song “Release” “Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise andContinue reading “Release”

“Clear the path for the people above you and you will eventually create a path for yourself.” -Ryan Holiday, book Ego Is The Enemy “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” -Gandhi “Find the most talented person in the room and if it’s not you, go standContinue reading “Be The Anteambulo”

For the actor… Speaking of repetition, you can’t rely on the director or other actors or rehearsal process to allow you much time to “find it.” (If you’re fortunate to have a long rehearsal process and patient director, thank your lucky stars, as it’s not the norm.) And if it’s a film, forget about it.Continue reading “Do What You Need To Do”

“Do you know anything about the Quakers? The Quaker religion? I went to this Quaker wedding once, and it was fantastic. What they do is, the couple comes in and they kneel down in front of the whole congregation and they just stare at each other and nobody says a word unless they feel thatContinue reading “Repetition”

“Here’s the deal. I’m the best there is. Plain and simple. I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence.” –Ricky Bobby (played by Will Ferrell) in the film Talladega Nights “Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put yourContinue reading “Can You Find Your En Theos?”

“O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won.” -Walt Whitman Congrats King James on breaking a record that until last night, no one thought possible. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (aka “The Captain”) wrote an excellent article detailing his thoughts on the accomplishment. I’ve always enjoyedContinue reading “Pretty Goddamned Glorious”