After spinning like a top for the first part of the year, i find myself faced with a week of........nothing. My recording session got moved, my lecture is put off till next week, my show closed, and new auditions aren't till next week. So I have quiet time, suddenly and unexpected, but its Ok, I'll take it. just need to indulge myself a bit, ( Read more... )

Well I really enjoyed Troy. It has gotten mediocre reviews, but I was quite taken with it. I love mythology anyway, all good actors should, and found the handling of a long, long war in just 2 1/2 hours pretty successful. I would have like to have a bit more character development for Odysseus, especially since it was Sean Bean (who's portrayal of ( Read more... )

Wonderful closing, great response, many plaudits. I always get a bit of a chuckle out of this time, a week ago I was the mean harsh, cruel, unfeeling overdemanding director. Now I am a genius. next week, I'll be the guy that you want to audtion for.

"And goes round and round and round in the circle game".

Its sad when a show closes. It has been a fantastic one, among the best i have been involved with. And naturally another one looms just days away, but its always a bit of a sad parting. I suppose unless your an actor that won't make much sense to you, but if your soul lives on the boards, you know exactly what I mean ( Read more... )

"You're at the daily grind and you suddenly come to find that you're going up!

Who gives a sausage then for the orders of mortal men when you're going up"

Nothing like a show opening. the energy, power, excitement. That great base line hum of electricity that goes with performing in from of an audience. Addictive, delightful and just plain fun.

Its grand when things go the way you hope for! My current project is up and running, my health is good after a nasty bout of trouble, and I feel as though things are humming along nicely, thank you.I am fighting the irish tendancy to now worry that things will now go worng, just to balance out the universe.

Luckily, I run my universe.

There is nothing as fine as dedicating yourself to something heart and soul. The joy of passion, real tingle all over passion, for your calling is great. Even when things go really really wrong 9they did for me today), it is still a balm to know that you are pursuing your chosen dream, and the worst day there is bettr than the best day stuck in ( Read more... )

There always comes a point in a project when things are at thier toughest, a nexus of many different factors suddenly confronting one another. but i firmly believe that no matter how chaotic this point is, there is always a point beyond, a real physical point, where in a true sense things right themselves. But it doesn't make the chaos any easier, ( Read more... )

Sorry for the poignant original entry, hey its me to be Heathcliffish, standing on a rocky promintory, swept by wind and rain....Anyw ay a much better frame of mind is now in place. I have to decide how much to say out here in cyberland, its a great release, but I am rather high profile for too much of me to peek out...dilemma, dilemma. Oh well, ( Read more... )

Well, this just looked like too much fun to pass up. i will try to keep my comments misty and generic, because I prefer that no one really know who I am, (inser smoke and mirrors here). but i will try and drop in and make the occaisonal comment. Todays is that sometimes people that you trust and thought were trustworthy, turn out to be nothing ( Read more... )