Beautiful People

You know, one of the hardest things you can probably do in your life is be yourself, your true honest-to-god self, in a room full of strangers. I admire everyone I saw yesterday with the balls to do that. Congratulations, you've just taken a big step towards becoming the best actor you can be by simply being true to yourself.

There is something incredibly magical and beautiful about people once they just let themselves go. I couldn't stop smiling yesterday. My cheeks actually started to hurt after a while.

Wow, I don't smile enough.

I learned so much from watching other people perform. It continues the trend I was experiencing by being an assistant teacher to a class of green actors. It really teaches me a lot about myself.

For instance, every fear or nervous energy that would creep up on me, creeps up on other people too. I'm just like everyone else. I'm not "special". I'm not alone.

And yet, people all have different ways of coping with their fears. In that sense, we're all different. We all bring something unique to the table. We're all "special".

Pretty neat, huh?