I don't think I could ever be successful like any of the artists in The Field's study "To Fail and Fail Big: A Study of Mid-Career Artists, Success and Failure."   Independence, self propulsion and seriously FAILING often are all integral to my process.  Putting a lot of time into something that doesn't work, figuring it out, abandoning it and starting something else that does work are very important to me. When other people are controlling my work...

Introduction. I do not like books about acting, per se. I like to read and hear what other actors have to say about their own process. My instrument and I are not perfect. My voice is too small. My Nebraska accent that sticks to my vowels like molasses and every glottal that has ever been uttered has found its way into my speech  Fortunately for me, I am not a perfectionist. Besides, we live in an imperfect world. I try to be ready, instead. A person...