Part One: I recently had dinner with a good friend, and very talented actor, who has hit a dry spell in his work. He hasn’t worked for a year. Not uncommon. It can be hard out there for a… “What can I do, Josh?” I’ll share with you what I shared with him. There are […]
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3 keys to being a working actor
Thoughts and Emotions Don’t Stop Us
Wow. OK. During our last workshop in NYC, it became crystal clear that every single person is able to create regardless of what they’re feeling, and regardless of what thoughts are in their head. Every single person in the course got out of their head, into their bodies, and as a result did absolutely stunning […]
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I get scared when I start a new movie or tv show. Early on I tried to deal with my fear within a psychological framework. Basically, analyzing my fear, understanding my fear, trying to use my mind to see how unreasonable my fear was. “I have nothing to be afraid of.” For me, that way […]
Continue ReadingHow I Shifted My Identity + Worked Steadily as an Actor Ever Since
The year was 1998. Something radical shifted. See, prior to a specific moment that year, I had a strong identity as a struggling actor. By that I mean… I identified as someone who would do a play or a movie and then follow that up with 3-6 months or more of being unemployed. That’s what […]
Continue ReadingLetting Go of Identity
Something I’ve been exploring for myself and in CI… Identity. What is it? What part of ourselves thinks we need to have one? Very often we base our identity around not wanting to feel certain sensations that, by the way, are completely normal for us to feel. For example, being unsure. Many humans go to […]
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