Just for today
Do not get angry
Do not worry
Be thankful
Work hard
Be kind to others
Five Rules of Life (Mikao Usui via Swanfeather Songs)
Actors by David Ackert
Actors are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-today rejection in one year than most people do in a lifetime. Every day, actors face the financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people who think they should get a real job, and their own fear that they will never work again. Every day they have to ignore the possibility that the vision they have dedicated their lives to is a pipe dream. With every role they stretch themselves, emotionally and physically, risking criticism and judgement. With every passing year, many of them watch as other people their age achieve the predictable milestones of normal life- the car, the family, the house, the nest egg.
But they stay true to their dreams,in spite of the sacrifices. Why?
Because actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment- to a line,that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience’s soul. Actors are beings that have tasted life’s nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another’s heart. In that instant, they were as close to magic, God, and perfection as anyone could ever be. An in their own hearts they know that to dedicate oneself to that moment is worth a thousand lifetimes.
