I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher.
Literally, I think I've quit acting three or four times, only for a few days. Maybe for a few weeks.
You reminded me of a quote that my acting teacher Stella Adler wrote in her book ['The Art of Acting'], which I asked her to sign: "The young actor feels some greatness inside themselves that they want to give back to the world." That resonated with me, but I didn't really understand what she was talking about until much later, in the way you surmised that my struggle to become an actor was from being this kind of introverted young boy.
I got into acting because I wanted to act and I love acting. That's my true north: to be creative and to be challenged in what I love to do.
I love acting and I love it in all its different manifestations.
After the brain tumor happened, I realized I love acting, I've always loved it, I may never get a chance to do it again.
We only gain collectively by acting now. We gain by one day not having to pay a thing for fuel. We gain by having cleaner air, water, and food so that we are healthier and our health care costs come down. We gain by deflating the global fossil fuel markets that drive much of the conflict around the world.
And my mother caught wind of this. She never had really tried to guide my career or really had any say in my life as an adult, but this was the one time she said she would never speak to me again if I quit acting.
My belief about acting in one foot on a banana peel and the other one in the grave.
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