Electric City: An Actor's Journey

When I enlisted into the Navy,     .    Day one of performing arts 
I remember wondering if I was      .  school, I had never been more 
making the right decision. After   .  nervous in my life but something
disobeying my mothers wishes and   .  in my gut told me that it was  
and signing my life away for the   .  the right thing to do. It wasn't
next four years, I kept finding    .  until my teacher asked the class 
myself regretting my stupid        .  to give our background stories, 
decision and wishing I had taken   .  that I had realized I had been 
a different path in life.          .  taking steps to make my dream a 
  Both terrifying and exhilarating .  reality all along.
at times very challenging, and     .    My first semester, I struggled 
sometimes just usual routine,      .  with so badly wanting to do 
those four years were filled with  .  the right thing that I wasn't 
experiences that I would never     .  allowing myself to push the 
give back. After being honorably   .  limits and try what may not work.
discharged and getting accepted    .  David Robinette, a teacher
into performing arts school, the   .  I had at the time, who has  
regrets were gone.                 .  had one the biggest impacts in my 
  The sun set along the horizon    .  self exploration, pushed me to
of the water as I drove up the     .  those limits and taught me not to  
pacific coast highway from San     .  be"safe" in my actions. To allow 
Diego to Los Angeles. My mind      .  myself to trust my instincts, that 
raced with mixed emotions of       .  there is no right and wrong if you 
excitement for the journey to      .  are being truthful in the moment. 
come, doubt that it was the right  .  And that sometimes you have to 
thing to do, and the bitter sweet  .  try out the wrong to figure out
feeling of all I had taken from    .  the right way.
my time in the military.           .                    
                                

This past weekend during an interview on NiteLine Radio, my director Nick DeRuve announced the news that L.A. Laker, Metta World Peace has officially been attached to Electric City as an Executive Producer.

Now I think back to the day I flew to New York in May. With no idea if it was the right thing to do or not, I knew that it was a step in the right direction. Do I want to stay in California and continue my run of no callbacks from agents and managers, or do I want to take advantage of this opportunity to do what I love everyday? The question was a no-brainer. Whether this film was to be shot on a handheld camera or 70mm, whether it had a cast of unknowns or all A-list celebrities, my mind was made up. It wasn’t a choice of what was right or wrong, it was ultimately a simple choice of taking action.

Life is unpredictable. Nothing can ready us for what is to come tomorrow, because in the blink of an eye your whole world could change. Like with acting, for every action there is a reaction. If we spend our whole lives wondering if we are right in our actions, we may just miss out on the opportunity to actually do the right thing.

Cheers,
-B

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