Wake Up Your Work

08/26/2025

It been a minute…in case you missed this insightful conversation here it is again. From Vanity Fair Nicholas Hoult and Hugh Grant. Some real gems of acting wisdom.

It's been 21 years since Hugh Grant & Nicholas Hoult starred in the movie 'About a Boy.' Hugh and Nicholas reunite to discuss everything from the first time ...

09/19/2024

Breathe, See, Hear, Taste, Touch, Smell, then React

"It’s being so aware of the other person that, even if you have your back to them, you’re observing them. It’s letting everything about them affect you; not just their words, but also their tone of voice, their body language, even subtle things like where they’re standing in the room or how they occupy a chair. Relating is letting all that seep into you and have an effect on how you respond to the other person." ~ Alan Alda

12/23/2022

'The English' has been out about a month. A brilliant Prime Video series with Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer, Stephen Rea....Hugo Blick producer, director and writer. An epic western with the whole gamut of human emotions. Beauty, terrors, violence, and heartbreaking truths that ruined me. Moving clip shown of early conversation between Cornelia and Eli.

Stephen’s interview with the amazing Emily Blunt continues with a preview of a touching scene from her new series, “The English,” and a lesson on how to curt...

10/24/2022

“Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active.”
~ Michael Shurtleff
When you listen intently, move with intention, and respond to the here and now with senses firing, you will live in stereo.

08/08/2022

We love you and miss you, Paul. 💔

He came from Australia to the Pacific Northwest and also stood out in 'Zoo,' 'Warrior's End' and 'In the Company of Women.'

07/29/2022

"Set against a crime thriller backdrop, the lines begin to blur and where Mira ends and her character begins… well, we’re in Assayas territory, so don’t expect the ground to stop shifting beneath you." Alicia Vikander stars in Olivier Assayas new Irma Vep. Streams on HBO.
Take some time to devour a splendid piece of filmmaking.
Be inspired.
The original original was a silent film 1915-16 Les Vampires ( criminal gang, not the blood-suckers).





Gottfried, one of my fave characters...

The delirious Hollywood movie-within-a-movie-within-a-TV-show premieres this June on HBO and HBO Max.

03/14/2022

Improvised scenes from WUYW 2018... captions from "For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line
The man come and take you away

10/03/2021

Oct 2018 playing in . 3 years gone. Good stuff sticks.

09/28/2021

In between working in improvised scenes, we do cold reads, 2X or so, with adjustments.

“The study of acting consists in the main of getting out of one's own way, and in learning to deal with uncertainty and being comfortable being uncomfortable.” ~ David Mamet