Peter Brusikiewicz Blog - April 16, 2007
Today I woke up at 9:30. I looked outside my window and it was pouring rain. So I decided to sleep in. I woke up at 12:30. I had to sleep in. The trip to Las Vegas drained me. It was an awesome once-in-a-lifetime trip! I had an awesome time, but my wallet did not. I rented an exotic car, a Mercedes SL500, and drove that around Las Vegas blvd at night. I looked like a million bucks. It got the attention of all the hot girls. Little did they know that I live in a furnished bedroom in Spanish Harlem.
I woke up to the noise of my roommate. Our young buddy who lives in our building came knocking on our door at eight in the morning. Apparently he got kicked out of his house. His mom would not give him an umbrella to go to school with, so he argued with her and he came up here to get drunk. There are three of them here, and all of them are drunk. I woke up and went to the kitchen only to find the three of them banging on pots and pans. I ask them what they are doing, and they tell me they are starting a band. At this point I thought to myself “I got to get out of here!” So my search for an apartment continues.
The trip to Vegas opened up my eyes about a lot of things. I came to America to look for some values that I could not find in Canada. But I think that I have been picking up the wrong values. I am confused. Maybe it is because of the people that I have developed meaningful relationships with that have an effect on me and my outlook on life, or maybe I just have not been giving it all to what I came down here for: For acting. I put in 80% to my acting, when I should be putting in 150%. The Las Vegas trip was the end of my shameless fun. Now it is time to get to work. Vegas was fun. But it was an empty fun: A fun with no depth. It was all about image and money. It was shallow fun. And that is why I cannot have too much of that. I have to concentrate on the deeper meaning of things.
Yesterday, we had a class taught by the actor Matthew Modine. He is the actor of full metal jacket and other films. A few people went up and read their monologues or did a scene with their partner and he critiqued them. The best point that he brought up is “acting is a lot like Yoga. It is a practice, it can never be mastered.” This put me at ease. He was right. After that we had another teacher ask us what the most important things are that we have learned about acting so far. I said, that you have to play the objective and never the emotion. Another fellow student said: Acting is simplicity. These are the very essential foundations of acting. I told the teacher that I find the problem with all the teachings is that they seem to be contradicting. She replied that, yes, they are very contradicting. Just remember that they are all reaching for the same pinnacle, and it is up to you to reach this pinnacle. I have been offered role after role in school films. But because of conflicting schedules, I cannot take all of them on. Right now I am playing in two final film projects. I have learned a lot, but I can learn more. I have to get rid of some of these values that I have been developing here. I have to concentrate on acting. I came down here with an objective and I have to stray away from temptations, such as Vegas.
Until next time
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