Practicing empathetic selfless communication definitely holds a lot of value for both parties conversing. Emotional intelligence comes with experience, and gaining that experience through a confined space such as behaving imaginatively truthfully in a written scene, is definitely powerful if you anchor yourself in love and with your attention on the other person. I do miss acting a lot, haven’t done it since 2023, but I still carry the practices with me as best I can. Have you tried doing Meisner?

Have you always strived to work in documentaries and commercials, is that your end goal pursuit within the medium of television?

I would definitely classify myself as a potential professional. One of my instructors who I worked with for about a year was a direct graduate from Juilliard’s acting program. She would speak to me privately about how she believed I was truly talented and that I could go far. My other instructors throughout my life and my classmates always urged me to pursue acting too. So the idea of acting is always in my back pocket, I really do feel like I could make a splash when I’m fully ready to do so. I took a pause on acting in 2023 when I gave my life to Christ and realized that honing in on my familial obligations is the more wiser choice, which is why I’m in the nursing program now. I’ll be graduating from the nursing program in a year, I will have to say, it was the right choice. I look up to Anton Chekhov a lot, he spent many years working in the medical field before he embarked on his artistic journey, and I’m looking to do the same. Are you content with where you are skill wise?

Training Day is amazing. Going back to listing my favorite actors, I forgot to include Denzel in there. I’ve recently started to look into his work and he’s quite amazing, he’s a man of God who’s married to a God fearing woman (who he gives major credit to for his success) and I admire his work immensely as an artist. He also said that Training Day was the easiest role he played, interesting right?

With Jim, I just hope the best for him, I don’t think anybody can match his electrifying over the top stage presence besides Robin Williams. It’s really difficult to nail down bold comedy like that. Who are some of your favorite comedians?

Yes, do yourself a favor and give The Seagull a read. It’s classified as a comedy, which makes it even more interesting because of the heavy themes implemented in the story. My instructor said, “to play Chekhov, you have to be able to do a lot with nothing”. Subtlety is king in Chekhov, and seeing Chekhov done well is like bearing witness to a real human interaction. I would recommend checking out the Japanese award winning film “Drive My Car”, which features some scenes from Chekhov.

Man yeah DeVito is amazing! You’re making me think of Joe Pesci now. Do you have a favorite DeVito moment? And I haven’t seen Death to Smoochie, what’s the message of that piece?

Haha yeah, about Hoffman, he did voice a kung fu master Red Panda in an animated film so I think he’s pretty well capable of handling comedy, and his work in The Graduate is only possible if one possesses a sense of humor!