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What Matters?

Do you want to know what matters to you, what God you pray to? Look at your first action of the day. Is it fortifying yourself with coffee to face the cruel day, is it checking your stocks to see if your financial future is in good hands, or is it a creative act? Whatever [...]

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Once upon a time…

Once upon a time…

There was a time when the term “acting workshop” was very popular. Instead of “acting class” or “acting intensive”, people were attending workshops for actors. What is the difference? Well, consider the term. A workshop is a place where you put things together, you build, you experiment, you make mistakes, but most importantly you HAVE [...]

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Notes from The Playground

Notes from The Playground

The innate condition of the artist always leads to a choice between the world and self-imposed exile. Too much contact with the world fosters numbness or adrenaline and after a while nothing means anything.

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MEDIOCRITY

Good acting is my drug of choice; bad acting is my version of hell; and mediocre acting is my worst enemy.

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HALF HEARTED

Whenever anyone tries to sell me something, I want this person to put his entire being into it, to make me believe, and then I will even buy The Brooklyn Bridge. But a half hearted effort leaves me sad and cold; people should refrain as much as possible from saying and doing things that mean [...]

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