My world it moves so fast today, The past it seems so far away And I squeeze it so tight, I can’t breathe And every time I try to be, What someone has thought of me So caught up, I wasn’t able to achieve But deep in my heart, the answer it was in […]
Alfred bites the thread. Examines his stitches. Looks at the SCARS criss-crossing Wayne’s shoulders. ALFRED Know your limits, Master Wayne. WAYNE Batman has no limits. ALFRED Well, you do sir. WAYNE I can’t afford to know them. ALFRED And what happens the day you find out? WAYNE We all know how much […]
The Batman is well known to be my favorite fictional character. Popular for 70 years and running, I’m going to assume you know the basics either through regular pop culture or the massive success of the Chris Nolan movies. So the angle I’m taking here is to talk about my five favorite Batman stories […]
Enough people have picked up on this one both off screen (see the Photos section) and on screen (the short and some of my past roles) that I might as well acknowledge it. While I’m just another branch off Stella Adler’s ‘Method’ tree, and my social consciousness started with Malcolm, there are also multiple […]
For those of you who are regular readers of this blog, most of this entry will be repetitive to you. As I make the transition from making a short film to making a feature film, I’ve already found that I’m frequently asked the two vital questions: Who are you and Why do you want to […]
My official vacation started mid week, making my way to the Big Apple. The film is done, the script is not quite ‘done’ but in a draft I could live with; my normal distractions weren’t around. It was more than a little scary to me to acknowledge how much stress I put on myself on a daily, sometimes […]
A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the sh-t that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come. – Lester Freamon, “The Wire” Last night, I had dinner with one of my oldest friends and his fiancee. It was my first time meeting her, so of course we talked about a few […]
“Whether you like it or don’t like it, learn to love it! WHOOO!” As a kid growing up in Kansas City, we’d make frequent trips to my parents birth state of Louisiana, where most of my aunts and uncles reside. My mother’s hometown would be considered rural South; I lived there for a short […]
I could very, very easily do a post just on the different ways Michael Jackson has influenced me. How many aspects of Mike have I co-opted into my own identity? Soft spoken shyness? Check. Unbridled show biz ambition? Check. Reclusive private life? Check, check, check. Anyway, Thriller is by far my favorite album ever, […]
As I start to get closer to my ideal place and position, I’ve found over the past couple weeks I’ve thought more about the people, places, and things that inspire and influence me. Some of my inspirations reflect directly on the project I’m working on now (don’t worry, I’ll announce that when the time is right), […]
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