by garyploski | Acting, Blog
Hollywood has done something in plain sight and everyone is eating it up. All seemed right in the world. For years and years film and TV have moved farther and farther away from the actor to the pretty face, and sometimes the pretty face actor. Special effects and... by garyploski | Acting, Blog
I’m going to stretch my “frozen rubber band” imagination and answer the extremely common question, “Why do I act slash why do I like acting?” Ask a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle what their favorite pizza is and you won’t hear the same... by garyploski | Acting, Blog
The question “Are good actors good liars?” bothers me a great deal. Stepping beyond the fact that I am an actor, the implication that a profession exists entirely in falsehood is baffling. Are we as a culture willing to believe actors live to pretend, and... by garyploski | New Blog, News
I wrote a blog titled “Act(ing) Your Age or the Part” discussing the age of an actor Vs the age of the character. Here is a snippet: It was recently suggested that I watch Fox’s new show Glee. With some hesitation I sat down with emma and found... by garyploski | Acting, Blog
Social structure demands that we act our age. In Japan I was told that at some undefined, though understood, time in life ice cream became a thing of the past. Oddly enough the experience I had reflected that sentiment. In the USA it can be heard on the playgrounds,...