I had moved to Los Angeles from New York and I’d been living in LA for a couple of months. Lucky for me that a re-run of the movie, BILLY JACK, was on and I had watched it again for probably the 10th time. I always enjoyed these movies with Tom Laughlin… BORN LOSERS, BILLY […]

You’ve got to be careful out there. My first audition when I first moved to California was for a Porno film. I had no idea that’s what it would be, as I found the audition in the Drama-Logue, which was an Actors newspaper that listed auditions, it was for an Open Call. Having come from […]

So, my best friend, who was also a struggling Actor and I, were sitting at the bar called the West Bank Cafe on 42nd St, in Manhattan in the early 80’s, around 1982. We were talking about what we were always talking about… Acting. A gentleman at the bar overheard us, “You guys are Actors?,” […]

I mean that literally. I don’t think I’d be here if it wasn’t for my working on John Patrick Shanley’s, THE DREAMER EXAMINES HIS PILLOW. Great title isn’t it. I was where I believed Tommy was in the play. Lost, just lost. Like Tommy I was looking for answers anywhere and everywhere. Like Tommy I […]

For me it is important to have a place to work at your craft… To be in a Gym so you can work and grow. In the same way that someone goes to a gym to work out and develops muscle memory, an Actor needs a place to go so they can  develop emotional memory […]

So, I was a working observer at the Actors Studio. It had always been a big deal for me to become a part of the Actors Studio because of it’s history. Especially Pacino’s association with it. The moderator at the time was a guy named Clyde Ventura. I had auditioned for the studio with a […]

I don’t believe it has to be one or the other like that terrific movie, The Turning Point. I believe you can have both. I am finding life to me more like what Christopher McCandless, discovers near the end of, Into The Wild, “Happiness only real when shared.” The first half of my career it […]

There are 5 Principles that I have learned from those who taught me acting, that have become, not just good for my acting, but a philosophy for how I now live my life. The first three are from Sanford Meisner and the last two are from Charlie Laughton. Live Moment To Moment Live Truthfully Don’t […]