I am what I am

When I first started acting a few years ago I mentioned that I thought I was a certain type and talked about the roles I figured suited me. An instructor told me that it was way too early in my career to be making decisions like that.

One on hand, he was right. That's not the time to limit yourself -- it's the time to explore your limits and go beyond them. On the other hand, I wasn't some 22-year-old, fresh out of adolescent angst and just starting on a decades-long process of figuring out who I was.

And as it turns out, though it was certainly helpful to stretch myself and to loosen up by playing cats and women and guidos and trees, I was pretty much on target with my initial thoughts. And while casting directors may not always agree, here is what I am and what I am not. (These being types only -- no comparison in terms of talent intended).

I am this.

I am not this.

I am this.


I am not this.


I am this.


I am not this.

I am this.

I am not this.

Are we clear?