Don't stop, always look forward. No pare, sigue, sigue! A beautiful saying I've heard my grandmother sing, Lin Manuel-Miranda rap, and always hear ringing in my head. Sometimes, you sit back and think about the things that inspire you in life and you realize; you don't choose your inspirations. I didn't choose any of my mentors, they each came to me out of need and "right place at the right time" type situation. So what if its cheesy? What is the point of living if you aren't looking towards something? I want to act. I love entertainment. There is nothing I love more in the world than the work that I do. The filming, the rehearsals, the memorizing, the dissection, the dream, all of it. It is a beautiful thing to have purpose, to have love, and to dedicate oneself so entirely to something that you know nothing else could substitute. So, no pare, sigue, sigue! I would challenge all of us to always strive towards something greater than ourselves; to never let our heads be put down by reality, jealous/angry people, and our own minds. They say that our mind is our greatest enemy; nothing could me more true in a profession where we are constantly looking in the mirror.
So, this weekend I shot my first series pilot. Talk about amazing. A fresh cast (possibly the most talented I've worked with to date), a director from Los Angeles, and two days to shoot something that could turn into something huge. So many dreams on set and they all come together for the perfect conglomeration shot on a RED.
Its a wonderful life that we have and we only live once. The doors are all open to us; lets not close them. I would have never thought I would be cast as a lead in a comedy series. I would have never imagined half of the things I am up to constantly but they happened all the same.
Luck favors the prepared mind.
No pare, sigue, sigue! Que todos encontremos bellesa en nuestras vidas.
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