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Archive for: January, 2015

Always Ask

I hate asking for help. I don’t know if it’s not wanting to impose, not wanting to be beholden, or just fearing that someone might say no. But I learned a great lesson when I was recently producing three Santa Monica Cares shorts, about services that help the homeless, a project co-sponsored by the DGA’s…

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The Job

I was directing a scene . . . an homage to Abbot and Costello’s fabulous “Who’s on First.”  (And if you’ve never seen that skit, stop reading this RIGHT NOW watch it!  I mean it—watch it NOW!)  Amazing, right?  Back to my class. The actor playing Charlie couldn’t get the emphasis correct on his second…

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