When I drove out to LA in late 2001, I listened to Shawn's album 'Soul's Core' for most of the 30 hours that the drive took. It was the...

Over the years, you are bound to get many requests from your colleagues and friends to read a script they have written. Personally, I...

Shortly before Kelly Marie Tran was Rose in Star Wars The Last Jedi, she was Butterfly Rave Girl in XOXO!

It has been just over 3 years since my step father passed away. He was just one month shy of his 60th birthday. I was 13 years old when...

Before I started producing, I was primarily an actor and boy oh boy, I wish I had a relationship with a producer I would have felt...

There are a few products that I have owned / used in my life that I think are terrific. I have always been very careful with my money...

Laboratory Conditions was the first screenplay written by Academy Award nominated screenwriter Terry Rossio while attending college at...

Today I produced a promo video for Pete Tong's upcoming show at the Hollywood Bowl. Moby was gracious enough to join us too. We had a...

When I decided to move to New York in 2002, I was lucky enough to been accepted into Anne Jacksons master class at the HB Actors Studio. ...

When I was 6 years old and bummed out that my broken arm had to be in a hard cast, my grandparents took me to the senior center at the...

Joe Russell reporting live from the senior center in Colombia, Illinois. This is my 7th day in Southern IL and tonight my down-home...

My first post as a temporary New Yorker! New York is really wonderful. I have been taking acting classes from Anne Jackson and Karen...

Just saying that "Everything happens for a reason" is not sufficient for my brain. I love the sentiment, but it is not as easy as that....

This mission, if I choose to accept it: Earn $1,000 in two weeks so I can pay for 2 months of acting classes at HB Studios in NY. I plan...

I was lucky enough to get 2 days of stunt work on the last episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I had about 1 hour of make up first...

In school they teach you that if you wear a shirt that says "My Grandma Really Wants You To Pick Me!" to a taping of the Price is Right,...

I told my acting teacher my whimsical objections to the Equus material thinking she would simply tell me to go find something else to...

A friend heard me coughing the other day and said "That cough doesn't sound good." My response was "What kind of cough does sound good?"...

Some bad and good news to report on the acting front. This past Wed night I went to shoot a TV pilot I was cast in. When I showed up,...

The voice over book reading job did not go very well. I recorded for 3 days in a very nice studio, but I think they were thinking I was...