A Reflection on Who I Used To Be...and Still Am. Happy Birthday to Me, But What Does That Really Mean...
Looking at this picture, I think of the man I was at that time in my life, filled with youth and vigor, naivete, yet maturing emotionally and spiritually...it was the beginnings of my journey as an actor. The initial steps toward breaking some generational patterns, although I did not know it at the time. Something deep inside of me compelled me to move forward and I jumped in with both feet, not knowing what I was getting myself into. It was 1993 and that December I went on my first audition and got the part. I was bit by the bug as they say, I was sprung, I took the leap. I decided in that moment that this is what I was going to do with my life. I spent years in acting classes, getting better and better, growing, not always gracefully but nevertheless moving and at times falling forward. I had great ambitions, hopes and dreams of what success would mean for myself and my family. Along the way I faced a lot of rejection, its par for the course. No actor is going...