Keeping It Reel: An Actor's Blog

December 30, 2014 MY YEAR IN REVIEW 2015 is almost upon us!   I could feign ignorance and ask "Where the did 2014 go?" but that's easier said than done. The past year is right here in front of me, ever present, in the smile on my face.  It may have taken 32 years but I finally feel like I am where I am supposed to be doing what I am supposed to be doing. It's no wonder my high school superlative was Most Likely To Take A Fucking Long Time To Figure Out What To Do With His Life .  2014 was a pretty amazing year.  Yes. Amazing . In every sense of the word.  AMAZING. I look back at the past year I still can't believe most it actually happened. I achieved more professionally this past year than any other year before, confirming I am on the right track, or at the very least running along side the track tripping on the ties that jut out a little too far and which are usually hidden by tall grass.  This past year ...

December 15, 2014. They say if you fall off a horse, you should get right back on.  This of course is great advice unless, that is, in the course of actually falling off the horse you broke your pelvis. The saying would then need to be amended to "If you fall off a horse and break your pelvis, let the EMT's do all the heavy lifting." Don't worry dear reader, I haven't fallen off a horse recently and my pelvis is intact.   I did shoot an episode of an upcoming docu-series for The FOX Network about legends and myths of the American West and was required to ride a horse.  Let me state for the record that besides those coin-operated horses outside of grocery stores, I have been in the saddle many times. It's just been a long time. Let me state, once more, I'm talking about horseback riding here, people. Get your minds out of the gutter.  When I arrived on set the other morning, I was handed my script and immediately did what every actor does: I l...