I eat pizza in the bathtub.

“No matter what, people don’t think of me for glamorous parts....

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:02:23 -0800

“No matter what, people don’t think of me for glamorous parts. I’ll go to an audition or a meeting in a pretty dress, and they still think of me as depressed or embattled. Hopefully, that will change.”
Viola Davis

the official premiere for scandal has been released, so set your...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:37:00 -0800

the official premiere for scandal has been released, so set your dvrs for 5 april! actually, just set your dvrs to catch the third episode of the season where you’ll see yours truly in a badass li’l role i hope ends up being brought back. (hey…just puttin’ it out there!)

until then, enjoy the series promo above.

>> rube goldberg devices are such imperfect perfection. hie thee! go watch!

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:45:35 -0800

>> rube goldberg devices are such imperfect perfection. hie thee! go watch!

>> have you ever seen daytime fireworks?

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:09:19 -0800

>> have you ever seen daytime fireworks?

i just returned from a ten-day writing vacation in good...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:46:12 -0800

i just returned from a ten-day writing vacation in good ol’ new york. here are three of my favorite photos; you can find more here.

this is long overdue, but here i am with the incomparable...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:51:00 -0800

this is long overdue, but here i am with the incomparable jessica walter during a recording session for my film. it trips me out to realize was her boss for a day!

"You’re always playing yourself. It’s all autobiography, whatever you’re doing. It’s using them as a..."

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:48:07 -0700

“You’re always playing yourself. It’s all autobiography, whatever you’re doing. It’s using them as a kind of prism through which to throw something real about yourself, or something relaxed at least. Because the last thing you want is to look like you’re acting.”

- Tilda Swinton

Photo

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:00:05 -0700

Writing in Color: The Writers Guild of America, West Committee...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:13:39 -0700

Writing in Color: The Writers Guild of America, West Committee of Black Writers presents this panel discussion with TV comedy writers Dan Harmon (“Community’), Alan Yang (“Parks & Recreation”), Aisha Muharrar (“Parks & Recreation”), Halsted Sullivan (“The Office”), and network executive Karen Horne (NBC & Universal Media Studios), moderated by WGAW Committee of Black Writers chair David Wyatt.

Aisha: I had two friends who were working on a children’s show and they pitched a character named Aisha based on me. “Oh, she’s kinda a quirky, smart black girl.” And their boss was like, “Well that’s kinda unrealistic.”

The Innocence Project

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:36:30 -0700

The Innocence Project:

please donate. they are a tremendous organization that i have helped support for years.

Do you just act? Do you have a day job?

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:25:00 -0700

hi stranger!

for the last three years or so, i’ve been fortunate enough to make my living as a full-time actor. it hasn’t always been easy and, honestly, if it weren’t for commercial work, i wouldn’t be able to do it: i work a reasonable amount in tv and a lot commercially.

i’m curious about what prompted this question. are you an aspiring actor? just a curious passerby? if the former, i wish you luck and a healthy savings account. if the latter, i wish you…i dunno…contentment.

Photo

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:03:58 -0700

my mother taught me to hold on to old prescriptions. …because it’s nights like these...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:38:00 -0700

my mother taught me to hold on to old prescriptions.

…because it’s nights like these that you’ll be glad you’ve got last year’s cheratussin chillin in the fridge.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEB MARGOLIN

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:14:36 -0700

jenespillane:

You are my hero.

I always tell my female students we steal the stage. No one gives us the stage. We steal it like Prometheus stole fire.

FUCK. YES. of course you know her birthday. of course.

hello, insomnia. i kill you with booze.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:27:00 -0700

hello, insomnia. i kill you with booze.

jenespillane: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Footage shot by...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:10:42 -0700

jenespillane:

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker. (text via IMDB)

“anybody can die nobly for a cause. a sign of maturity is to live, day by day, for that cause.”

Photo

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:59:37 -0700

thestrangelynormal: another behind the scenes look! we spend...

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:55:30 -0700

thestrangelynormal:

another behind the scenes look! we spend some time with the lovebirds as they re-stage classic couplings.

Boy oh boy.

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:46:00 -0700

let’s talk about what it’s like to have such a smooth, buttery, scrumtrulescent pre-production and shoot only to come up against absolute shite in post. holy moly. this feeling right here is the stuff murderous rampages are made of.

i knew, though. i knew. right around the time we started photography, i had the feeling that it was the end that would get us. and it is. it has. just not in the way we expected.

wish me well. wish me scotch.

we had a professional photographer drop by one evening during...

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:38:00 -0700

we had a professional photographer drop by one evening during the shoot and she caught some pretty nifty stuff. more pics here.