When Actors First Come Up, You're Auditioning

What Used To Frustrate Me Going Into An Audition Was That Some Inexperienced, Lesser Casting People Would Think That Actors Are Acting Only When They're Speaking.

There Is A Peak And Valley To Careers And That Includes Fame. If You Are Lucky To Ride This Wave Of Fame To A Plateau - It Won't Last There. I Guess It Is Just A Blue-collar Work Ethic That I Was Raised With.

Actors Are Inherently Self-centered. We're Trained To Focus On Who I Am. What Do I Want? Who Is In My Way? How Do I Get This? That's How We're Trained. Unfortunately, That Sometimes Spills Over Into Real Life. But It's All Very Subjective. You Just Try To Portray Someone Beyond The Surface, The Different Layers.

When You're Directing An Ongoing Series, The Tone Has Already Been Set. So A Director Will Come In And Fulfill That Tone - Reinforce The Characters And Their Behavior. The Challenge Is To Find Unique Ways That You Can Visually Tell The Story While Keeping The Established Tone And The Pace And The Characters.

When You're An Actor In Grade School, High School, College, Whatever, You Start To Realize What You're Really Good At, What You're Kinda Good At, What You're Okay At, And You Start To Compartmentalize. But If You Know Yourself And What You're Capable Of, It's Just A Matter Of Opportunity.