The Actor - IN GOOD TIMES AND IN BAD…PRESS ON!

Miss me last week?

OK, so most of you probably didn’t even notice that I was sans blog last week. However, FIB was undergoing an overhaul, hence, no blog from moi. The FIB Site now has a sleeker, more Hollywood-ready look! And what a great look it has, thanks to its wonderful creators Richard and Amy and the fabulous FIB team!

That said, I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by the number of you who did send me messages asking where my new blog was, and telling me you missed getting to read it last week, which meant a lot. To you I say, “Thank You!”

I am officially back in LA after my thoroughly enjoyed time in NYC, which did in fact offer a new perspective. What better place to do so, than over coffee in The Village, on a beautiful, sunny, and warm afternoon. All with a very good friend and fellow actor, who offers a listening ear and insightful conversation whenever I need it. It’s a most perfect combination, whether he realizes it or not.

Acting is a part of my daily life, and, therefore, many of my friends are actors as well. Despite having loving, caring, and supportive family and friends around me, sometimes only an actor can understand fully, and relate directly to the ups and downs of what being an actor entails.

Which is why I personally think it is so important to have someone close to you, someone who can understand the acting aspect, but also let it stay backstage, so to speak, at times. Allowing life’s everyday ups and downs, through which we all go, over the years, to shine in the spotlight too. That combination makes for an all encompassing, solid, and, hopefully, open and honest friendship, like the one I am thankful to have.

When I began blogging for FIB, I promised to offer “a positive and refreshing outlook,” and I guarantee to continue doing so, as best I can, just as I try to do in my everyday life. However, I also believe in the importance of honesty, and want that to be expressed in my writing as well. This means including the not so great things too, while trying to see the best in each experience.

Although the highs can be really high, quite honestly, the lows can be very low also. Mix that with going through it all as you age in a youth driven industry, while those around you are entering the next, more adult phase of their lives, and it can sometimes be hard to find consistency and stability - two words that rarely get used when describing a career of an actor, but which are very important in one’s life.

To achieve consistency and stability sometimes requires concentrating on your wants and needs for a while, instead of those of others, which I tend to forget. This is something I was reminded to do this past week. Regardless, if it, acting in my case, is something you truly want for yourself, you must press on no matter what! Which is exactly what I am trying to do, as positively as possible.

Speaking of the positive, while back east, my audition for the role of Elizabeth in a half hour comedy pilot, went relatively well, I think. There are often a few things you would do differently, but, on the whole, I was happy. Plus, it would be so much fun to get to go back and film in Wilmington, NC, once again! That’s where it all started for me, 10 years ago.

However, whether playing the role of Elizabeth is part of the future or not, the audition is now in the past, and I have to start concentrating more on the present, allowing the future to simply unfold as it will, on all fronts. I just have to remember that one must always, in good times and in bad…press on!

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent…Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” - Calvin Coolidge