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YOU<\/strong> I hear that a lot.\u202f(And honestly? I hope I did. The old one sure wasn\u2019t working.)<\/p>\n YOU<\/strong> Oh! I\u2019m sorry. Did I miss something on your IMDB? Are you working at the Geffen? In Morocco? Vancouver, perhaps? Are you and @GlenPowell starring together in the next @TomCruise @MissionImpossible and I missed it?\u00a0<\/p>\n YOU<\/strong> You\u2019re right. You don\u2019t. But you\u2019d be happier if you were WORKING, amiright? So, do you mind if I try to help you make that happen?\u00a0<\/p>\n Shockingly, I don\u2019t actually set out to rip you a new one. I do not sit around dreaming up new and exciting ways to fuck with your confidence. I don\u2019t wake up in the morning praying that some young, unsuspecting actorette will materialize so that I can feed upon them like a greedy vampire.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n I actually rise and shine praying to God that today will be the day you GET it. But if it\u2019s not, you gotta know that I\u2019m gonna tell you about it and then I\u2019m gonna be sure you know how I think you can fix it. And yes, there is a strong possibility that that might involve the creation of \u201ca new one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n To that end I will repeatedly suggest that you do things that will immediately improve your acting. And while I think we all hope that if someone we respect suggests that we do something, we actually do do it (yes, I said \u201cdo do,\u201d grow up<\/em>), sometimes it\u2019s difficult not only to execute but even to just hear what is being said to us. Remember \u2014 I was an actor. I know how hard it is for \u2013 let\u2019s just call us \u201ccreatively challenged\u201d \u2014 people to incorporate new information.<\/p>\n Why is that the case? Well, maybe because what I\u2019m asking you to do\u00a0<\/p>\n Maybe you\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n It really doesn\u2019t matter why you\u2019re not hearing me though, does it?\u00a0<\/p>\n I still have to find a way to penetrate your resistance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s my job. My raison d\u2019etre. Nobody penetrated mine and I bet you can tell that I\u2019m still somewhat pissy about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t break through, I\u2019m afraid you won\u2019t be a successful actor, and I will have failed. And because I refuse to fail, I try everything I can. Over and over and over again. Sometimes I say stuff so often that I become convinced that you have a hearing issue, so that makes me say it even louder. When you still appear not to have heard me, I just keep amplifying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n YOU Yup! Worse things have happened in your life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n And for whatever it\u2019s worth:\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR is almost always followed by<\/p>\n ACTOR Or<\/p>\n ACTOR Or<\/p>\n ACTOR Or\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR Or\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR Or\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR Or\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR Or\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR Or\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR Or\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR Or, my personal fave to date,\u00a0<\/p>\n ACTOR I LOVE THAT!!!! \u201cI\u2019ll text you from Morocco!!!!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Sigh.\u00a0<\/p>\n I never intend to be a meanie. And you probably do need to change and improve. I\u2019ll do whatever I have to do (that was not \u201cdo do\u201d that time<\/em>) to get you to do that. And thus, may, perhaps even inadvertently, rip you a new one.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n If you think that\u2019s mean, I\u2019m sorry. Personally, I think it\u2019s not only unusually nice but also pretty generous. I mean, I coulda been an investment banker. (I couldn\u2019t. Math is not my forte.<\/em>)\u00a0<\/p>\n Therefore?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n I may rip you a new one now and then. Ok?\u00a0<\/p>\n You\u2019re welcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" YOU\u00a0Les, you ripped me a new one! I hear that a lot.\u202f(And honestly? I hope I did. The old one sure wasn\u2019t working.) YOUWhat?! I\u2019m a good actor!!!! Oh! I\u2019m sorry. Did I miss something on your IMDB? Are you working at the Geffen? In Morocco? Vancouver, perhaps? Are you and @GlenPowell starring together in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12021],"tags":[12845,14002,13999,14000,14001,74370],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-309268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acting","tag-acting","tag-angeles","tag-classes","tag-coaching","tag-los","tag-ripped"],"yoast_head":"\n
\u00a0Les, you ripped me a new one!<\/p>\n
What?! I\u2019m a good actor!!!!<\/p>\n
Excuse me! I don\u2019t have to be a \u00a0
working actor to be a good actor!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
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<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah. You yell!<\/p>\n
<\/strong>You ripped me a new one!\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Thank GOD!\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/strong>I wouldn\u2019t be here without you.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>CAA gets me out so much!\u00a0
Thank you!\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/strong>WME is really happy with my bookings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Gersh is cashing the shit out of my\u00a0paychecks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/strong>UTA bought me a Lamborghini.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Can you come to the Friends &\u00a0Family screening on Friday?<\/p>\n
<\/strong>I didn\u2019t know what I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>You helped me see what I couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>That\u2019s exactly what I needed to get to the next level.\u202f<\/p>\n
<\/strong>I\u2019ll text you from Morocco.<\/p>\n