Finding Fellini

A shot should be like a line in a poem: self-contained, with its idea crystal clear. Sergei Eisenstein

I've got a bitter taste in my mouth beyond the lack of opportunity to brush my teeth. Would you ever consider going to a grocery store,...

This one goes out to Zachary Ray Sherman. Zach sent me his version of a headshot -- xeroxed pictures of him and his infant nephew -- in re...

The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes, and he annexes everything. Oscar Wilde

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are two ways of thinking about painting, how not to do it and how to do it; how to do it -- with much drawing and little colour; how n...

Gack is a new slang term for junk on local film sets. I don't like it, but it fits well regarding the movie titled Film Geek. Made by ...

I have an audition for a national spot later today. Physical comedy. I was rehearsing yesterday. That is very hard work. How did Belushi...

That's my attempt to infuse "Be careful of what you ask for" with more direct action. I've found that I ask for things fr...

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite ...

In class the other night I reminded the class that we do our best to get out from behind our social masks in the studio. That we speak from...

John William DiLorenzo III born New Year's Eve 2005 to Leanne and John DiLorenzo. Salud!

I'm not one to offer up the Seasonal Affective Disorder Blues, but wowza it's been 22 of 23 days of rain. Not your usual Portland d...

The cats I like best are the cats that take chances. Thelonious Monk

Whatever happens at all, happens as it should. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

The map is to the terrain as the script is to the scene. We did an exercise in Scene Study the other night that explored the relationship b...

Happy New Year! Blogging in the New Year with a sleeping baby on my chest. The first thing I wish to express to you and myself this year is...

2006 looks to be an exciting year at the Neal A. Corl Acting Studio, or NACAS as I've been referring to it privately. Naco is slang for...

Be of love a little more careful than of anything. e. e. cummings

"I didn't think the actors held the frame in such and such shot. You were wide on your coverage and I trusted you had good reason ...