In 1983, Anita in her senior year at Columbia College studying film making had the opportunity to produce and direct a documentary or a...

It didn’t take long for me to find an acting class in Hollywood; it would the first acting class in my life. A friend of ours was an...

Wallace (Wally) Shawn, an actor/playwright, wrote the play Marie and Bruce. Wally Shawn is a character actor who played Diane Keaton’s ex...

Gate 11 opened at the Burbank Theatre Guild in 1985. This was its world premiere. The play is best described as a hostage/hijacker drama...

Syd Field was an early writing mentor of mine. Syd wrote the ever-popular book Screenplay. When it was published in 1979, it was the...

If you haven’t read PART 1 of this blog, please do so now. I don’t know for sure how I got the call from Scott at the Tonight Show with...

If you are an actor in Hollywood, most likely you are waiting for your phone to ring. When it does ring, it could be your agent, manager,...

In 1982, I got my first Hollywood agent. He wasn't a top tier agent, far from it, but he was someone who could get me work. His office...

In this blog, I will post stories about my time in Hollywood as an actor and screenwriter. I think you will find them enjoyable and...