I notice as I am preparing for my roles in two upcoming movies that there is a part of me that wants to avoid fluctuation. There is a part of me that wants wants to create security for the future. For example, when I’m on set and Todd Phillips, the director, calls action, and I […]
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Embracing Fluctuation
How I Learned to Expand My Creative Range
I’m back from Italy – it was glorious. The day I got back I came across a quote that reminded me of my training with Shuji Terayama… “The way you train reflects the way you fight. People say I’m not going to train too hard, but when it’s time to fight I’m going to step […]
Continue ReadingFeel the Chemistry of your Partner
One thing has become clearer and clearer to me as a result of being an actor and a teacher… It’s about the essential element that must be in every scene. This is essential info for every actor, as well as for every artist or entrepreneur. Coffee! No, that’s not what I was going to say. […]
Continue ReadingWhat if you had to go on stage right now?
What if you had to go on stage right now? What if you had to make that presentation right now? What if the director called out action RIGHT NOW? Does the thought come too mind that you might not be quite ready? Or the notion that some adjustment might need to be made first. Does […]
Continue ReadingNow is a Time of Unparalleled Opportunity
When I started out as an actor the only show that filmed in NYC was Law and Order. And a few soap operas. And I was super pumped ( really) to be an extra on a soap. I walked through hospital corridors carrying ‘important papers,’ then turned around and walked back the other way passing […]
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