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  I’ve been known to say from time-to-time that “Things always work out.” A good friend asked me the other day, “Do you mean that as in life – like life in general will work out? Or do you mean ‘Things always work out’ in the entertainment business?” I thought for a second. And thenRead more

  What are we all so scared of? Being seen? Failing? Not measuring up? Being rejected? Vulnerability? Thinking the rest of the world will see how badly we often think of ourselves? All of these qualities are part of being human and being brave enough to step out into the world with something to say.Read more

  A thing experienced is not a thing perceived. We so often are in our heads about what we think something looks like (a choice, an idea, a commitment to something) that instead of committing to that thing and having the experience, we second-guess it based on what we think the casting director is lookingRead more

Remember just how much you’ve already accomplished in your life. We forget that. Especially when we face constant rejection and hear endless “no’s” and begin personalizing and believing the negation means there’s something wrong with us or we’re untalented or flawed in some way. We start believing the illusion that this business is harder thanRead more

  Whenever I’m in NY teaching at our school there, I’m reminded of how much humanity is about . . . well . . . just being human. Maybe because LA is shaped by a car culture, it’s so easy to remove ourselves from life (from connection, from vulnerability, from having to confront life head-onRead more

Playing. That’s the thing. What happened to that? Since the beginning of time, that’s the real reason to be an actor. The ancient Greeks may have called their little skits “tragedies” but the word is a compound of two Greek words: “goat” and “to sing.” So, ummmm . . . they were definitely having funRead more

  Go all in. That’s what filmmaker Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years A Slave, says actors should be doing all the time. Always. But we don’t. Why? Mostly, because we have a number of defaults to keep us from really committing fully, 100%. In our lives. In our work. In our auditioning. This isRead more

  I had a sort-of meltdown at the Vancouver Airport’s Air Canada check-in counter this week. I missed my flight. No big deal. I’ve missed flights before. But for some reason – no not some reason – a specific reason – I was triggered. The trigger: We can’t control anything in life. We may deludeRead more

Because it seems to be all the rage these days (thank you Miley Cyrus!) we’re going to do our own version of “Twerking” it. But we’re going to learn how to “twerk” something emotionally and physiologically to increase our chances of getting what we want in life. It’s called Amplifying your frequency. If you thinkRead more

Now you can train your mind to do the impossible. That’s a catchy title I saw recently in the Huffington Post. But was I surprised by what this mind-training tool is? Not really. Meditation. It seems neuroscientists have proven that meditation actively rewires our brains over long periods of time and creates neuroplasticity to makeRead more