My First Blog...

The best part of being a first time blogger is that you know nobody is paying any attention. It sure takes the pressure off of me to write something profound. But, why not give it a shot? As I once said on Wheel of Fortune when I was trying to win money for my theatre company, "Go big or go home." Sadly, I hit bankrupt and the play was financed with dirty money. Let's hope I have better luck with my blog. So, why the hell am I blogging anyway? Well folks, here's the deal. I am an actor and, once in a while, I've been known to produce a film now and again. Mostly shorts, but I actually pulled off one feature, Westender. It's not bad. Gene Wilder sums it up best in Young Frankenstein, "Nice, nice... not thrilling, but nice." Anyway, I've decided to have another go at a feature and this time around I'll be starring as well. Oh yeah, and I wrote the script. So, for anyone who wants to follow the highs and lows of an independent film maker, you've come to the right blog. I promise to bare my soul during the process in the same way I bared my ass in the film "Refrigerators." By the way, if you can find a copy of that one and you didn't work on the movie, I'll buy you lunch. My feature is called Lancaster. The first few drafts were titled First of May Men but I eventually settled on Lancaster because people kept saying, "What's a maymen? Is that like a mermaid?" Besides, my movie is about Burt Lancaster and he's way more famous than me so I thought I should exploit that fact to the fullest. I like the simplicity of Lancaster anyway. It's clean. As it turns out, the script's not half bad. At the very least, it's good enough to be darn close to getting made. And so, I'm going to share the process with you. Enjoy the ride, and be sure to chalk up your hands.