All we’re trying to do in acting is to stop “acting” and allow ourselves to be. This is simple-but it’s not easy. Just like most things in life, I have found. The basic truths and understanding of many things is born out of simplicity. Human beings overcomplicate to the point of rendering things confusing, pain-inflicting,Read more
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Hollywood is synonymous for movies and show business. The big letters that adorn Mount Lee are a calling card to the thousands who have made the pilgrimage over the years, a pilgrimage that is no longer necessary because there are studios all over the world. Then there is Vancouver. The nickname of Hollywood North wasRead more
The answer to everything you are up against in life is. . . well. . . you. Or rather, you hold the answers to all your questions. But in order to access them, you have to ask different questions that require you to express your needs. Why is this so hard for us? Why areRead more
It’s a great story. A sixteen-year old girl gets discovered sipping a strawberry shake at Schwab’s pharmacy. (Actually, it might be a myth-within-a-myth because some people say she wasn’t even at Schwab’s. See how illusions prosper!) Anyway. That story creates the unhealthy myth association within each actor’s psyche that when they move to LA they’reRead more
That really says it all. In life and in our acting — the goal is to be fully expressed. We rarely allow ourselves to do this on a moment-to-moment basis because we become prisoners of our own minds criticizing us, judging us, telling us what is appropriate and keeping us playing safe. So we endRead more