Reading Time: 5 minutes (Listen. Or, listen and read along. Or, skip this and just read below.) Dear Mr. Evans, One of my close friends recently sent me your 2019 “Actors On Actors” Variety interview with Scarlett Johansson. She …
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Back in the early 2000s, I spent a lot of time writing screenplays, short fiction, and blog posts. At a certain point, an old acquaintance with Hollywood ties kindly agreed to read my second feature …
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Reading Time: 9 minutes I have had the privilege of being able to occasionally see an acupuncturist. She is a lovely human and frequently talks to me about my angry, stagnant liver. I imagine this cess-pool of unmoving Qi …
Reading Time: 8 minutes There is probably very little I can tell any of you about productivity as a “goal” or “set of habits” that you cannot learn from the wealth of literature, talks, and courses already available. I …