15 February 2012 // 09:54 am // 4 Comments
A few years ago, I found myself in a place in life in which I couldn’t drive my car for several months. So a generous friend bought me a good bicycle, for which I was truly grateful. Yes, it got me where I needed to go, and, sure, it got me in pretty good shape, but that bike helped me to do something even more substantial and worthwhile. It got me to slow down.
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05 January 2012 // 03:23 pm // 3 Comments
A couple years ago, I decided to take motorcycle lessons. Okay, I’ll admit it: motorcycle lessons appealed primarily to my over-developed sense of adventure, but in my defense, it’s not a bad skill for an actor to be able to list on his résumé. So I got all geared up and drove my car out to the nearby community college parking lot with visions of me whipping my bike around pylons with Matrix-like precision and ferocity...
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24 April 2011 // 03:04 pm // 4 Comments
We all have those days when we try to tap into our creative juices and come up dry. There are a lot of ways to address that problem, but here's one you may not have thought of: take a nap.
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20 April 2011 // 06:39 pm // 4 Comments
Anything that requires real Courage, by definition, also will run the risk of hitting those occasional pockets where Courage is stolen away, where it is in rare supply, where you find yourself gasping for it like oxygen at high altitudes. Where you are dis-Couraged.
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03 January 2011 // 11:52 pm // 1 Comments
You probably noticed that it’s a brand new year. Although you may poke your head outside and discover it feels about the same, a new year offers the opportunity to contemplate where you’ve been as a creative professional and where you’re going. Like most other people, I like to take this season to think of some good New Year’s resolutions – not only the things I’d like to tackle, but also what I’m leaving behind in the rearview mirror. After all, some baggage belongs in the previous year, right? So let’s start the year correctly. As you’re drafting your resolutions for the New Year, here are a few to consider...
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09 November 2010 // 05:38 pm // 10 Comments
I have a good friend who has what I, as a fan of the cinematic arts, consider to be a near fatal flaw. This friend of mine hates to talk about movie details or plotlines to any degree before he has seen the movie himself. He just doesn’t want to know. Some flimflam about spoiling the experience for him by finding out how any of the story goes. I know you’re thinking the same thing I am – he’s crazy, right?
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25 August 2010 // 06:31 pm // Comments Closed
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about fear and courage. What is this stuff called Courage that we all aspire to, that so inspires us, but in the end, even for the best of us, can be so tantalizingly elusive?
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12 August 2010 // 07:58 am // Comments Closed
You tell us: Why did you decide to become a creative professional? And how does a person know when he/she is called to Hollywood?
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19 May 2010 // 12:11 am // 0 Comments
My dear Crazy Friend,
Thanks for your recent note of encouragement! It was good to hear from you, and your encouraging words couldn’t have come at a better time.
I noticed in your letter that perhaps you could use a little encouragement yourself...
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11 March 2010 // 06:20 am // 1 Comments
Hollywood is known more for its myth than for its reality, at least in the eyes of the general public. For those who know Hollywood, it draws to mind that truism that “all that glitters is not gold.” The substance doesn’t always measure up to the presentation. Once the cameras and spotlights and red carpets have been removed, it isn’t always the nicest place in the world. In fact, Hollywood can be downright ugly at times.
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