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Any Day On Set is a Good Day
I recently had a two-day shoot on one of my favorite TV shows. I was thrilled to be on set, watching other actors rehearse their scenes, experiencing the way that episode’s director…
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Art Begins in the Struggle for Equilibrium
I had a realization a few weeks ago that I was ‘in it’. I was in the struggle, and it was dirty and uncomfortable. I had stayed very busy for the first…
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Make New Experiences A Staple Of Life
“It is easy to coast through life rather than to continually find the will to reach out into the world. To reach out is a risk. There is little grace in a…
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Keep on Preparing
Being an actor often feels like living a life of several Catch-22s. You can’t get representation until you’ve worked; you can’t get work unless you have representation. Really good jobs are few…
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We Are Powerful Beyond Measure
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask…
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My Love Letter to Seattle
Dear Seattle, I didn’t know, when I chose where I was going to live next, how much you would mean to me. I had never visited before and simply trusted the feeling…
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The Daily Grind
I had a little trouble “showing up” today. I’m sure most actors experience this at one point or another — the sluggishness I feel because I don’t have a deadline, agenda, or…
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My Purpose is Reinforced by Serendipity
I’ve noticed an interesting trend when it comes to the goals I’ve set out for my career. It started at the beginning of 2011, after a few months in Seattle, when I…
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The Beauty of the Audition
I hear so many actors confess that they don’t like auditioning. Auditions take up time. You often feel like you are showing up just to be looked at (don’t we have headshots…
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