All over Saturday

Variety is the spice of Life! That’s what they say, right? Well, Saturday didn’t say it, it yelled it! My morning started an Arts Expo where I got to meet a lot of interesting organizations that provide resources to educators to bring arts back into schools. We need more of this! You can’t knock on…

Seven Years

Cliché incoming: I can remember still remember it like it was yesterday… With Yes, We’re Open completing its screening run at the 2012 Hawai’i International Film Festival I’m flooded with emotions that have arrived from the joyful realization that everything I’ve been doing has helped me move forward as an artist. I learned an important thing….

The other side of the casting table

Auditions. A time to play, to have fun, to explore –at least, that’s how I feel about it when I got to auditions these days. But what of the other side of that table? That area has been a mystery to me…until this past weekend. If you recall in my previous entry, I’ve fast tracked…

No fire breathing at Dragon Theatre

Today’s Callback was interesting. It was for a play called WONDERFUL WORLD, by Richard Dresser. It took me some time before I warmed up, and even longer to finally feel that familiar fire of Playfulness in an audition space. I wish I could say I went in really dying to earn the part, but in reality,…

All-In: Personal Revelations Around Closing The Gap

There’s a thing, right? About walking it like you talk it? For me, for sure. And none of it has ever sunk in so ferociously (and so dearly) as it has this last year and a half. I went from growing momentum in my career as an actor + voice talent in Boston to planning…

Five practical ways to get started as an Actor

So you’ve caught the acting bug. Whether you’re undeniably sure that you want to be under the hot lights or a curious closet thespian, one question will hover around you like flies on bullshit. And trust me, in this business, expect to wade in it and at times, be completely dunked. But if that doesn’t…

Butt end of 2011. The retrospect.

If you read my post about taking care of TO DO lists, then this entry is a validation of those practices. At the end of 2010, I looked back at the year and realized I had done so much with some of my actions yielding successes that can’t measured by tangible items, but the value…

I’m Paul Miller.

(If you’re an antsy one, scroll to the bottom, the movie is down there. If not…read on!) Move over Spartacus, I’m Paul Miller. Okay, maybe I’m giving away too much of the plot of a short film I had an opportunity to be a part of last week. I’ve been wanting to work with the…

Walk a few blocks, perform a few lines.

Yesterday, San Jose Stage! So get this, this year’s Theatre Bay Area south bay general auditions was hosted by San Jose Stage, which you must know, is literally only a few blocks from where I live! It was quite possibly the most stressfree commute to an audition ever! When I got there, I was met…

Flapjack, order up!

UPDATE (March 31st, 2012): Just learned that FLAPJACK is officially accepted into FESTIVAL de CANNES! Congratulations to all cast and crew!   Day 1 of 2: Blessed. I just wrapped two consecutive days on the set of “YES, WE’RE OPEN” and I went immediately into the diner set of “FLAPJACK“, playing the supporting character named…

Yes, We’re Blogging

2011 brings more blessings! I was cast in a feature film called “YES, WE’RE OPEN” written by HP Mendoza, directed by Rich Wong with San Francisco as the backdrop. The audition for the project was exhilarating. I don’t know if it was because I immediately felt at ease stepping into the room full of mellow auditioners,…

The Invisible Man Cometh…

Or not. The week I auditioned for RAYMOND, I learned that I booked a teeny part on a short by Shoom Zone Productions . It was being put together in attempts to reunite the cast of The Invisible Man, but instead, cast them in a whole new sci-fi show; The idea sprang from the imagination of…