One of my favorite acting book titles is “Respect for Acting.” Never mind that I don’t agree with the book’s philosophy (fourth wall, really??) but that title really speaks to me. The book’s author, the revered Uta Haagen, a serious actress and serious acting teacher, wants our craft to be respected. She wants it to [...]
So how does this acting thing go?
There comes a time when those who advise, champion, and educate others, those who have elected themselves to a position of authority, must practice what they so ardently preach. That being said, I recently found myself on a stage, looking at a part with my name on it, asking myself, “So how does this acting [...]
Dogs, Acting, and Ducatis
If we can learn anything from our canine friends is that there is a reason why they stick their heads out of car windows – they would rather be riding motorcycles. Me too, I find. I also would rather be acting rather than watching from the safety of my couch. If there is anything the [...]
Meaning Now
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 [...]
Still Here….
About this time ten years ago, I was teaching acting to a handful of actors on a small patch of grass in Burbank. Cars whizzed by on one side of us, and on the other, the L.A. River rolled by The Forrest Lawn Mortuary. We would hit the ground running every day at 7 AM [...]
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