Those who have tasted the forbidden fruit of the subconscious (acting in our case) always come back for more. We come back because while the world points us in all kinds of unsatisfying directions, there is only one path for us. It takes a certain world-weariness, often on the tail end of gorging ourselves with whatever popular culture dishes out, in order to reach the point of completely embracing what is profoundly true for us.
I am talking about engaging with what actually has meaning for you. Usually you know by how much fear that activity instills in you. Like the actor I talked to today. He told me had no problem driving trucks on the battle fields of Iraq, but The Actors’ Boot Camp, now this is scary. So when will you be done with the thousands of forms of escape available to you? When? Soon, I hope, because while art is infinite, we are not.
