The hardest thing about acting is all of the other things you have to think about besides performing... Your image, your team, networking - not to mention the mental strength you need to be able to stay unaffected by the rejection that every actor experiences.
Once your computer is pretending to be a neural net, you get it to be able to do a particular task by just showing it a whole lot of examples.
With 'Little Accidents', I spent probably three months working with a physical therapist, just understanding, starting from square one, about the neurological makeup of what happens when you have a stroke or what carbon monoxide poisoning does to your body.
Neurons are living cells with a metabolism. And they need glucose in order to function. Glucose is the fuel of the brain, just like gasoline is the fuel of your car.
You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.
Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.
Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.
New faces, maybe perking up the squad and giving you another arrow to your bow - that can be a help.
Words that add no new information or aren't repeated for emphasis are just padding. A sentence may carry three or five or eight of them, each one as unnoticeable as an extra two ounces on your hips but collectively adding up to a large burden of fat.
New media is like a megaphone. It amplifies your ability to reach more people.
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Camera 1.0 was film. Camera 2.0 was digital. 3.0 is a light-field camera that opens all these new possibilities for your picture taking.
If you crave an anti-new year New Year, consider adopting Rosh Hashana as your own.
It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.
We can't make movies without scripts, and there's no cost to writing a script, so my advice to newcomers is do it yourself: Write your own script, shoot your shorts, edit your shorts.
It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation, so make your words count.
You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.
You want to be on your toes; You don't want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow by you as an actor.
