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Why are we so scared to say what it is we want? A student recently expressed what his intentions were for his career and he was unspecific. He said something like, “I want to get into rooms.” Now we understand what that means at one level. He wants to get opportunities. He wants to beRead more

We’re all not just trying to become better actors, we’re trying to become better people. (And when I say “better” I am not implying there’s anything flawed or messed up or wrong with you as you are now. The potential of who each of us is – the tiny seed of love and compassion andRead more

  In June, as NPR reported, something extremely rare was discovered. A previously un-contacted Indian tribe in Brazil made contact with civilization. In this day and age of technology and instant-information-gratification occurring at lightening speed, it’s thrilling to realize that even though we can get data from around the world in two seconds flat, thereRead more

  All it takes is 1. One person to get you. To see your talent. To take a risk on you. To believe in you. That’s one of the most wonderful things about this business. It can all change in a heartbeat. The business is all about perception. Nobody knows who you are or whatRead more

  Listening. Everything in life unfolds as a result of our engagement with – and participation in – the world as we know it. This is derived out of listening. (Or not.) We listen as someone yells at us. We hear our flight’s been cancelled. We get the news that our aunt has passed away.Read more

    Hasn’t it all been said before? Probably. But I’ll try again as I was reminded of the obvious while sitting in on a casting session recently. I think it’d be helpful if actors put post-its all over their house reminding them of these simple truths. 1). I know actors think that the auditionRead more

I’m a good kisser. Let’s just start with that. Yet I recently made out with this guy who told me that I wasn’t kissing “correctly”. Or maybe he didn’t say it quite like that, but by stopping me in the middle of a kiss and instructing me as to where and how I should proceed,Read more

  Construct: an idea containing various conceptual elements; typically one not based on empirical evidence. We have so many constructs built around life. What success looks like. And love. And happiness. And fulfillment in our work. And how show business works. And what’s possible for us. But what if we realized that those very constructsRead more

I’ve lectured about this innumerable times and my new book has a chapter completely devoted to this subject and yet life keeps showing me (and therefore I must keep reminding myself), that when we “wait” we’re really postponing possibility. Possibility of what? Everything. For love. For creativity. For insight. For experience. For failure; which givesRead more

I’m the king of over-share. I didn’t even know what that word meant a couple months ago, because I realized that ever since I was a kid, I’d express things that most people would think were “private.” But it just felt normal for me to express my truth. And I think if you watch children,Read more