Actor Bob Odenkirk was on Sundance Channel’s “Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter” not long ago, and talked about reading scripts that are submitted to him.
He said the thing that he doesn’t like is when he starts to think “well, this is gonna go…here.” Then he second-guesses himself, thinking “I’ve just read too many scripts. It won’t go there. Give it a chance.”
But then, all too often, it DOES go to the Most Obvious Place—which is disappointing to him as an actor. (And as he knows, it’s disappointing to the audience, too.)
That’s our challenge every day. Let’s not do the most obvious thing, ending up in the most obvious place, because it’s a letdown.
Push yourself to think of some destination that’s not where other people would go. Surprise me!
Only when radio stops being typical will it be great again.
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Tommy Kramer
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