Met and spoke some with John Hawkes recently, he’s a super nice guy, very genuine. Seems he’s had his own very unique road to success as well. He shares some of his thoughts on keeping a good head in this unruly business here.

Met her at a premiere a few years back, she was checking me out. Irascible, more than slightly inebriated, a fun quote about Cruise (and really all modern overpaid, overrated actors – he’s the “example”). Wish I knew her back in the day. Most sultry. Woman. Ever.

More on the stewing post mortem of the Shia Where’s LaBeouf trying-to-do-Theater fiasco here.

You’re not gonna find THE secret here in this short Backstage article, but Todd speaks well.

Ok, you’re not gonna understand any mystery from this article, that’s for sure. It basically serves up a few selected quotes from actors (Lady Gaga?), almost none of them good (reactionary Right Wing nutter/good actor Gary Oldman’s is alright), but all put together they’re worthwhile in that good acting, or a good actor, is hard […]

“The market for fame is saturated. You can all go home. Sorry for getting your hopes up like that. The truth is, you have a better chance of being hit by a satellite than by fame. And just so we’re all on the same page, fame is exactly the point of all this. Any ambition […]