With everyone sitting at home day after day it occurred to me that some people may be feeling what I was feeling a few years ago when I voluntarily left my job.  I questioned my worth if I wasn't in the rat race.  I felt worthless for a while after changing directions....

It Just Goes to Show You

I’m pretty lucky sometimes.  While playing tennis at Mom’s retirement community I met a guy who has connections.  He casually mentioned that his buddy directs a few episodes each season of a hit Netflix show.  I went home with that info but didn...

Why You Shouldn’t Call Yourself a Survivor

Do you label yourself a ‘survivor’?  Have you overcome difficulties, even tragedies, in the past?  You probably have.  Most of us have.  There’s nothing wrong in saying “I survived an abusive marriage” or “I survived an alcohol...

      The Trip Sitter

The Reluctant Spiritualist - Enlightenment by Osmosis - 2nd Hand Enlightenment

(It’s like Anger Management meets Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas)

(and I hate saying that)

Characters

Zach - (late 30s-late 40s) Ideally a Zach Galifianakis typ...

I used to believe that being an actor wasn’t really a job.  Mostly because I started as a child performer in community theater and then spent my college years in theater.  It was always a hobby.  But I never knew how to become a professional actor and neither did anyon...

The apartment I want

For a long time I’ve wanted to live in Long Island City.  In one of those new glass towers that have balconies facing Manhattan.  That must be the coolest view in town.  And I wanted to live up high, in the sky, and sit on my balcony and drink fizzy...

2016 was a breakthrough year for me.  It changed a fundamental belief I had about myself, about the acting business and about the world.  Maybe this will resonate with other people too.  

When I was growing up, my parents impressed two distinct thoughts into m...

I've never seen criss-crossed contrails before.  I had to take a picture.  And because I'm in the habit of looking for meaning in things, I assigned a meaning to this view of the sky.  X marks the spot.  I took this picture while on the set of the TV show "Power"....

New York City is my acting school for the moment. It teaches technique and professionalism. Working up close with some of televisions best actors is a master class in on-camera skills. And putting in the hours, the repetition, in the heat, waiting for the fire engines...

For a long time I've been wondering what it would be like to be a series regular.  My daily meditation includes visions of myself rising before dawn, exercising, doing my morning routine, getting into a black vehichle and going to the studio or to a location.  Once the...