One of the most difficult things to deal with in this town is the fact that everything is hurry up and wait. I hurry to meet deadlines, to deliver my screenplays to the people who are asking for them, I hurry to get every place early and then I wait for people to make decisions. (rightly or wrongly, as one of the only quadriplegic actor/writers in Hollywood, I feel I owe it to all of those disabled writers and performers who come after me to give 110% so that everyone I work with will have a positive image of us.) As many of you know, I am currently in the process of contacting producers who might be interested in "The Hollywood Quad" (http:// thehollywoodquad.com) because they are producing something vaguely similar. I send them a copy of the show and then wait to hear from them. Not that I'm complaining, as I've said before I love this business. I'm mostly telling you why I haven't written a blog in a while. I have been contacting people and waiting.
Then, I realized I don't always have to talk about current stuff, I've been in this business more than twenty years and met a bunch of Celebrities. I thought people might want to know some inside information. Michael Landon, rest his soul, gave me my start in show business. Second only to my dad, Michael was one of the kindest, funniest, most generous people I've ever known. He constantly went around making sure that everyone on the set, sometimes up to sixty people, were taken care of and had heard his latest joke. The hours can be very long and energy levels tend to drop on a lot of sets I've worked on, not so with his company. For more about Michael including one of the last jokes he ever told me, click the link below ...
It's funny that I write about how slow things are sometimes slow because in the middle of writing this I've was contacted by the web radio show WithTV.com to do an interview. So, while I was on the air for an hour I got to be Mr. Celebrity, now I'm back to being just another actor/writer trying to make it in this town. That's kind of how is for everyone. Acting, writing and being a celebrity are just part of the job you go to every day. When you come home you have bills to pay, dinner to make, and an apartment to keep clean. It does have its glamorous side, but those instances are rare. Next time, I'll talk about flying on a private jet with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. It was really glamorous as well as being very touching.
That's all for now ...
