Focus on Career Launch

Please allow me to share a quote from the wise Clint Eastwood that appeared in Backstage, Mr. Eastwood said : " I used to go to a lot of different classes around Los Angeles teaching Stanislavsky's An ActorPrepares or Michael Chekov's To the Actor. I read everything and just kept working with it, until finally one day you sort of break down. Acting is more or less teaching yourself.And a good teacher teaches you how to teach yourself, how to get yourself into it all... But it's not how you get there; it's how well you land when you're there."

After spending a good deal of time sifting through treasures: books, videos, papers, and more papers, and did I mention papers? Well, while sorting through what I keep and what I don"t I had classic films in the background: "Love Laughs at Andy Hardy", and the delivery of some of these lines was done so well. I love laughing from remarks made by characters out of the blue.

With some side coaching from Hawkeye, a friend of mine, I gathered one of the aforementioned books as well as many others and videos and said "bye bye" and delivered them to the Salvation Army. But the funny thing was I rediscovered this quote just today . I found it tucked into a magical book with many designs.

Today I rewrote my resume. As a guide I used Paul Russell's book "Acting : Make It Your Business." Next up is acting on a tip I got from word of mouth. A Los Angeles actor let me know that I can post my featured work in film and television on IMDb pro. So, now I have to research that and post my credits there. This seems obvious but sometimes until you hear things said aloud they don"t mean a thing! We are living in an age when many people have made a business of making money off of actors . It is always refreshing to run into real freinds who share information , comrades who push you to become better and who urge you to bring out your best. Blessed be these people. Stay close to your tribe . Take charge and take the hands on approach to prepare for your landing.

Well, I gotta get that newly typed resume in the mail, along with my new reel.