By now many of us have heard Mr. Bale losing his mind during the shoot of his movie and of course we actors jump to one of a few conclusions, the public of course jumps to their own more devious conclusion. SAG is in the news fighting for a better contract for all us pampered … Read more
SAG won't be cutting a deal any time soon prolonging the misery (not that I'm saying they don't have a right to, we are absolutely getting a bad deal, I'm remarking on the state of things) we need art now more than ever. A brave new President is going to try to reshape the thinking … Read more
Actor's have to live on faith. I remember my teacher introducing me to the term's "actor's faith." He said it was our magical tool that allowed us to believe in anything so deeply that what ever that thing was became our honest reality and we could then live it for the sake of that play, … Read more
Big day right? Big Day… How many decisions do we make of great importance? How do we make them? What do you go through to arrive at the answer that is going to suit your future best? Gut. We are trained to believe in our gut and to trust and go with that and we're … Read more
Sure it can. How? Ignore the long term. Actors are good at that. We need to know we have the immediate in hand that we are living moment to moment. Artists are allowed to be ignorant of business, we're allowed to say "I'd rather leave that to someone who knows it, I do the creative … Read more
I was talking with Stuart Rogers the other day and I was apologizing for not making it to his writer's group that I like to go to. Every other week at his theatre we sit on the stage and read one another's pages followed by a discussion. I was a regular for a long time but … Read more
Last night I received a cryptic email asking me, through three different forwards, if I "would consider doing this?" attached were sides with no project name or hint. Just a scene in a bar which was nice enough. So, I called the agent this morning and after a brief dialog with him ended up on … Read more
The power of our collective is working. Slowly but surely I'm getting emails from people that are terribly encouraging. Yes the web has a great power to connect like minds, but I'm talking about the spirit of the artist that knows there's a better way to deal with the biz and not really having a … Read more
The Brett Favre saga has riddled the sports headlines for too long, and I'm not going to voice an opinion about him and his decision, I am going to use it as a way to illustrate the similarity to our business. You see, all the reaction to his plight isn't so much about a guy … Read more
In a discussion with a young actor I mentor here in LA, he referred to the work he was getting as ” just these little movies…” and I stopped him. Why do we do that? Where did we learn that there are places that are big opportunities and places that are little, nothing, opportunities? It’s … Read more