I’m still mulling over a conversation I had with a student this week. She was worried about her script being ‘stolen’ and said she’s had bad experiences in the past. I said, no one is stealing [...]
I fell in love with Mark Troy because he was funny. Probably the funniest man I’d ever met. And it wasn’t until I met his uncle MURRAY SCHISGAL, who wrote Tootsie, that I discovered where he [...]
For all intents and purposes, I am musically inept. Growing up in suburban Baltimore in the seventies, my musical exposure was limited to Jewish folk music and Broadway Showtunes that my parents [...]
Last night I was destroyed by Alfred Molina’s devastatingly brilliant performance as André, a man suffering from Alzheimer’s in Florian Zeller’s The Father. Unlike most plays about Alzheimer’s, [...]
I wasn’t prepared for the pain. As someone who didn’t grow up with animals, I wasn’t prepared for the pain. As my dying baby girl lies on my lap while I write this, I am still not prepared for [...]
When I asked at the Stockholm spa why a Swedish massage in Sweden isn’t just called a massage they patiently explained, “It’s called a Swedish massage because a Swedish person is giving you a [...]
I love collaborating. Once upon a time I was a die hard athlete and I purposely chose to play team sports. I thrived on the competition more when I had teammates to share in the intense highs of [...]
Our San Antonio principal photography is COMPLETED! It has been an extraordinary fifteen days. We still have a little bit of principal photography to do in Los Angeles and some intense upcoming [...]
Miles Underwater begins and ends in the same place. The writers wrote it. The producers encouraged it. The director actualized it. Miles Underwater takes place in one day. The messages and [...]
In Quality Problems (now avail on VOD, Amazon, iTunes, etc… do you have YOUR copy yet?) Max Purdy KILLED IT in the scene where he discovers his mother has cancer. On set, the then [...]