Embrace streaming. Complaining about it, forwarding stories about it, getting caught up in the minutiae of it is a rearguard action that is only hurting yourself. Either swing for the fence or own your marginality. It’s about influence. You can be on Patreon with 100 fans keeping you alive or you can try to reach […]

1 I lied to get the job and and then he wanted to give me the store. College graduation is one of the few things that’s weirder than legend, even worse than “The Graduate,” because there’s no Mrs. Robinson and Katharine Ross to rescue you. You’re just going through the paces, stepping on the stones, […]

“What are your assets as an actor? Your weaknesses. Whatever your fears are, whatever you suck at, that’s what you gotta tap. That’s what people want to see when you’re playing people. They want to see you at your weakest. They don’t want to see some asshole comedian show off. They want to see him […]

THE RICH WILL GET RICHER This is what streaming has wrought. The new income has lifted all boats, but the ones of stars much higher than those of the hoi polloi. Used to be a fan bought a star’s album and played it incessantly but there was no more income past the sale. Now every […]