When my father died I grew very tired of people telling me “he lived in me” so I “didn’t have to miss him.” Yesterday, the greatest High School Music teacher of all time, died. He was the greatest because he provided that ever fragile tipping point moment in so many of our lives. He gave … Read more
This year, the first year ever, I was one of the SAG members asked to nominate feature film performances for the SAG awards. I was really happy about it because I’d finally be able to see every film I was unable to see during the year. For me, the SAG awards represented a place where … Read more
I saw a post today and loved it. It’s about getting through being blocked and I’m stealing it for you. It’s more for writers and designers but surely when looking the same words of a script ovger or trying to write the next scene weve all just been arrested by how stupid we are and … Read more
About a week ago I was contacted by a girl who wanted to take class with me and as is customary we met to discuss it. As we started talking I asked her the normal early questions to get an idea of what she hoped class would be for her. I do this so I … Read more
Advice from CD Paul Schnee this morning in Back Stage. The bold is my emphasis. and something I stress in my book. Q: What are some typical audition room mistakes? “There’s nothing really typical since every project we do is different. But in general it’s nice to see people come in who can read the … Read more
I read a small thing this morning where a CD tells actors not to touch the CD during scenes where intimacy is part of the scene. She says not every CD was an actor so it’s not comfortable. Hmmm, where did we ever get the idea that CD’s were all actors at some point? Because … Read more
I went today to see American Idiot at the Ahmansohn theatre with my 14 year old. I thought it would be one of those bridge musicals that we both got something out of and made going together special. It started out like a wild let-loose afternoon of rock music, and then… the rest of the … Read more
Hollywood is one month into pilot season. By the end of February, the networks will have culled the scripts they had been developing during the prior half-year and will order a select group of pilots for production. (Final decisions on which of these go to series is made in May.) But as the chosen scripts … Read more
Get the most out of your Inc. online experience by registering and joining the Inc. community today. Get access to all Inc.com content and priority invites to free Inc. networking events in your area. via www.inc.com I saw this and thought it related to working hard to get in the room with people you simply … Read more
Years back our SAG president, Melissa Gilbert (who is a friend), tried unsuccessfully to merge SAG and AFTRA citing the need to build one strong union to combat the many foces that were going to come at actors in the near future. That vote was angrily and noisily opposed by Membership First, a group within … Read more