The Face Reader

Yes Yes Yes!  I swear that’s what they are!  Well not just face readers, but body language readers.  You know what I’m talking about?  Palm Readers.  They ain’t reading no palms… yeah riiiighhhhtt…. yeeeahhh riiiiiight… Seen “Lie to Me”?– the drama series inspired by the scientific discoveries of a real-life psychologist who can read clues embedded in the human face, body and voice to expose the truth and lies in criminal... Read More

I Stay Sharp (so sharp)

So…I’m not on TV….bitch…yeah. I was last year, a game show on Nickelodeon called Bet the House in which I acquired the title of Darian the “Sound FX” Guy. But that’s neither here nor there. Alas those days are over which brings me to my thesis: DOWNTIME. What do you do with your downtime? In college at NYU, during my sophomore year, one of my acting teachers suggested that I do more things then just act, like “direct or write”.... Read More

You don’t see what I see

Remember that creative mood mentioned a few weeks back. That empty space ( pardon the pun) where your mind is at ease, yet focused. That plain (yes plain) where you’re ready to work. Your body is malleable, and so is your mind. What do you see in that space? What if what you see, can pull you further into the creative mood, and the imaginary world. Whenever on stage, it was a difficult task to replace the audience with a fourth wall. Yet it was very easy to turn a physical... Read More

Circles of Attention

It is important for actors to concentrate on their performances.  But this sometimes proves difficult because of the multitude of people in the audience or the swarming crew.  To help, Stanislavsky stressed the importance of developing circles of attention.  Basically 3 circles that increase in dimension.  Retrospectively, as they increase it becomes more difficult to maintain concentration and attentiveness on the objects within the circle.  But once you learn to maintain... Read More

I’m seein’ visions

Lately I’ve been having trouble. I haven’t been able to land roles that I’m interested in. Or even audition for them. I haven’t been around people that truly inspire me. I haven’t been inspired by the movies I’ve seen. Lately I’ve been feeling like Los Angeles will swallow me whole. I’ll get lost in the fog. When I first got here I was so jazzed. Working out all the time. Ready for any call I got, but that slowly started to fade... Read More