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 thing go?” Not that I don’t actually know how it goes, (I hope I do), but the question was more “How does it go for me?”
And that’s a can of worms no one wants to open. Especially when you think you know something. Because all the years of teaching, directing and observing others conspire to echo in my head the very critique I have given others. Armed with such an arsenal addressing mostly the things I lack (that’s how I see them in others!), how do I put down the knowledge and take up the blood and sweat of the battle?
The answer is this: humility. To be a warrior is to be humble, it is to love the battle, and above all it is to love fighting to the death the demon in you that says no, you may not, because you cannot.
I will be just fine.
