35. Persistence - Adaptability = Insanity
From The Bold Acting Podcast by Reflections from Jason Bryden's More-than-just-an-Acting-Class class in Toronto.
September 16, 2024 · 6 min
About this episode
The episode explores themes of persistence and adaptability through a vivid recollection of a party in Silver Lake filled with creative individuals.
2009. A party at a house in Silver Lake. A horror movie director, named Tom, in a white button down shirt. A fat man with an architect’s eyewear that knew Jack Kerouac. The living room had a billiards table. The parlour had a wet bar, a wine closet and a stripper’s pole. I had made the hosts bucatini in a red sauce the week before. They served a better version of the same dish tonight. She had a tick where she would breathe quickly in through her nose twice when she wanted to punctuate something she had just said. All were actors or directors or writers even if they weren’t. The host had a hair salon but was an actor. The fat man worked at the city but was a writer. Before the host moved into this house the composer and singer/songwriter couple Jon Brion and Aimee Man lived here. I saw Jon sing at Largo once. When he sings he sounds like he’s being strangled. How To Be A Person is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The man with the glasses said, “Jack refused to use toilet paper. He would carry around a washcloth he would use on his ass instead.” The horror director laughed quietly. I looked over…
People in this episode
Host: Jason Bryden
Topics covered
- persistence
- adaptability
- insanity
- acting
- success
- creative struggles
Keywords
- persistence
- adaptability
- insanity
- acting
- creative struggles
- LA
- Silver Lake
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Silver Lake, LA
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