The Bold Acting Podcast

My bullshit-metre is a finely honed machine. I can smell it a mile away. The writer Michael Turner first turned me onto this. I had never thought of it before. But once I had I saw it everywhere. Especially in myself. I don’t know what you look for in a politician but I want a smart person to do the heavy-lifting for me. I’m lazy. And when some sleaze-bag says they’re going to lower taxes and inve...

I’m editing video right now. I can’t stand it. I’m too old for this. It’s sooo boring. It’s for a show my buddy Dave and I are making. It was his idea. And it’s a great one. But great ideas are like Spanx : I look great when I’m wearing them but it doesn’t mean I can skip the gym (or start eating fries again). It’s the execution of an idea that makes it worth something. Some Recent Great Ideas of...

Advice on performance and on life from me Jason Bryden. let me tell ya how to do it. Whether you’re starting out in your 20s or your 60s. Whether you’re a doctor, a lawyer, an actor or a politician we all have audiences to serve. I’m JB. You can call me by my initials. Most people do. I’ve been an actor for 25 years but I just started coaching and teaching recently. Today some contrarian thoughts...

Remember when tolerance was a bad word? For about five minutes. It was right after we discovered we have to love one another despite our differences. Now that the bar has been lowered down to the dirt I am advocating for a return to the bare minimum. Toleration Nation Thanks for reading The Bold Acting Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Clearly we’re wired up...

I’m doing ANOTHER podcast? Why? Because the struggle, the battle, the process — whatever you call it — never ends. Of course I’m doing another one. And so should you. Everybody should have a podcast. And not because there are a million out there already but because the bar to entry is low. And because we know the results are none of our business. And because when technology democratizes something...

Welcome to the first episode of the Bold Acting Podcast. You can listen to it here or wherever the podcasts are (except for Spotify for some reason. I haven't figured that out yet.) I started doing this for the money. I hung my shingle out as a teacher because I wasn’t getting any acting work and my singing teacher told me I’d be good at it. I told her I didn’t have anything to teach and she said...

Harvey Milk said You gotta give’em hope. Well, Sean Penn said that while playing Harvey Milk in the eponymous movie Milk. And really the screenwriter said that but nobody pays attention to the writer. So Sean Penn at the behest of the director said it. So Harvey Milk said it. Anyway, who cares about attribution really. As David Shields writes in The Trouble With Men — and I paraphrase to the point...