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“Alice, when in Wonderland, asked the Caterpillar which road she should take, and the Caterpillar responded by asking her where she wanted to end up.” That is from the book I’m reading. Mamet, you can’t ask a question like that and not expect...

I’m reading True and False, by David Mamet. The book is interesting. It challenges some traditional ideas about what it takes to become an actor, and about what acting itself is. Here are two things that caught my eye—things that either made me think or confirmed something I kind of knew, but Mamet articulated better: Great drama, onstage or off, is not the performance of deeds with great emotion, but the performance of great deeds with no emotion whatsoever. The professional performs for...

I wrote a screenplay for a short film. I have written several, but this one went into pre-production a few weeks ago. Then the screenplay got actors through a casting call. With the roles filled, it went into production and rehearsals. Now we are about to shoot it, and I am having all kinds of doubts and jitters. We are shooting it; there's no doubt! Because if there is one thing I am, besides being creative, it is curiosity. And I am curious to know how it turns out. Even if it disappoints...