Dale Samms
actor • voice artist • writer
Robert Ringer is a writer who has written several best-selling novels on business & regularly addresses issues of society, culture, politics & philosophy in his blogs. I feel much of his perspectives are highly insightful & informative. He pulls no punches in his work. Recently, he gave us a piece […]
People leave this earth every day. Mostly, we never even consider this fact because it’s not something we hear about in our daily news cycle nor the deceased anyone we ever came close to knowing. Not until loss affects us at a personal level –as a loved one, a friend, […]
Oftentimes it’s unsettling to see shocking or previously unfathomable events happening in our day-to-day existence portrayed on the screen. Mainstream news media places a great deal of focus on seeking out sensationalized stories/events to add to their feeds & broadcasts in pursuit of informing boosting viewership. Artistic creativity is usually […]
I recently encountered an intriguing blog post from Philip Hernández, an accomplished actor & coach in New York, asking is ‘on-camera acting easier or harder than acting on stage?’ I considered it a bit of a trick question because there are obviously pros & cons for both. The idea that […]
Stunning has become a token word used to describe film in this era. In fact, it’s probably one of the most overused words in the English language when it comes to encapsulating the sense any given work of art impresses upon its observer. I imagine it was for this reason […]
Need to say goodbye to another creative, truly innovating force we were fortunate enough to have seen in our lifetime. On January 11, 2015, we lost another legendary performer. David Robert Jones, better known to the world as David Bowie, succumbed to cancer. A battle he’d apparently been in for […]
This news release from Actra originally posted on their site. Thanks for helping to keep us in the know, Actra. April 21, 2015 Canada’s $85-billion cultural industry accounts for 7.4 per cent of nation’s GDP; film and TV production alone generated over 125,000 full-time equivalent jobs and contributed $7.5 billion […]
So what makes for a successful actor? Face value? Amassing wealth? Peer recognition? Select job prospects? Acclaim? Longevity?? It’s not really a science. At risk of sounding like a self-help guru, I’ll simply say that success, like a suit, is not the same size for all. Not every performer can […]