Inside the Actor’s Studio Questions

What is your favorite word?

Latin concept: Dignitas

What is your least favorite word?

Self-Pity (I think hyphenating it makes it one word, I’m not sure).

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Being around people that are ambitious, not for personal wealth although that may be an outgrowth of the goal one is trying to reach, but being ambitious to live life, to make something out of yourself, to lead a good life.  I’m also into big ideas and everything it takes to foster and create such ideas; something as simple as a nice conversation with someone or reading an amazing book.

What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

I cannot stand to be around people who think the highest education they will ever attain in life is their high school diploma.  I also can’t stand people who have two or three college degrees with several minors and can’t find a steady job.  I truly hate it when I hear someone say “I don’t give a fuck” when it came to something like education, politics, national security, or life in general and truly mean it.  I once heard someone say “I don’t like to think too much” and I had to fight to contain my anger.

What sound or noise do you love?

[Classified]

What sound or noise do you hate?

Loud cars and loud people.  All it shows is how insecure you are.

Oh, and car alarms.

Oh, and the “pfft” sound a car makes when its driver hits “the switches.”  I’m like, ok buddy, way to make an investment…

What is your favorite curse word?

Shit!

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Screenwriter.

What profession would you not like to do?

Go into teaching.  Not because it’s a bad profession but because I don’t think I have the patience for it.

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

“You may have never said all the things I wanted you to say, you may have never thought of the things I wanted you to think of, you may have never done all of the things I wanted you to do, but your faith in me meant more than any precious metal in the world, you never ran away from the challenges I gave you, you never were too proud to not seek help, you kept my promises in your mind when life took bad turns, and you never stopped believing.  You were not perfect and you weren’t always obedient; you always thought you could do things your own way and not mine, but you knew when to put aside your ego and seek my face.  You never gave up.  You always asked for forgiveness…and you are forgiven.

Welcome.”