It's Kodi Here

Hello world, it's Kodi here to tell you about something that has been on my mind almost constantly since it was brought up in one of my classes. I've always found the profession of acting fascinating, and there are so many different theories and methods that are believed to lead to the best acting. But something that is underlying in almost all of them is being incredibly grounded in who the actor is as a person before they begin to embody the personality of a character. An actor's job, in the most simple definition, is to bring truth to a lie. And the only way that an actor can acheive that successfully is to use truths from their own life to find the honest and raw moments of truthful emotion within the tale being told. One of my professors has been reminding us continually from day one that the only way to truly succeed in this career is to have complete honesty with yourself. Now, this is much much harder said than done, as our society and it's rules have influenc...

Hello World! It's Kodi here to tell you that you should reach out to anyone and everyone that inspires you because you never know what could come of it.  During my most recent trip to London a very good friend and I were fortunate enough to get the last two tickets to see Ralph Fiennes in Man + Superman at the National Theatre. Being two enormous theater dorks we were absolutely thrilled to spend three hours of our evening watching outstanding actors perform Shaw. Naturally, we were blown away by the talent of the stars featured in the show, but it was Tim McMullan who really took my breath away. Even after I got home from my trip, I couldn't get his performance out of my head, so I decided to tell him. Naturally I never imagined that he would ever receive my letter let alone reply. Within a month of sending my letter thanking him for being such an inspiration and asking what his advice would be to an aspiring actor, I received a two page, handwritten, heartfelt reply. ...