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Founder of www.SpiritualCinemaCircle.com Producer of SOMEWHERE IN TIME and WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. Producer/Director of INDIGO After meeting Michele Blood, I knew I was in for a treat when I sat down to read this book. Now, after having read it, I can truly say that the information in it, and the love with which it was written, will help you in more ways than simply your chosen career in entertainment. While the book was written mainly for actors, I believe that EVERYONE can benefit from reading this book. Whatever your ambitions are, you will be inspired by not only the grounded business advice here by the authors, but also by the Universal laws of thought that it addresses, and how we create our own reality. I feel it is of utmost importance to understand this industry as best we can, and also to understand how you are the one who has to create your own vision, irrespective of whether you are an actor, editor, director, writer etc. This book can illuminate a pathway that you can walk toward that goal while you also have fun with the illuminating in-depth interviews that Michele has conducted with truly outstanding and amazing individuals in this wonderful, magical, and crazy world of show business. We are all fortunate to be able to tap into the thinking of those who have done it before us, but not necessarily so we can do it "their way", but more to KNOW that, if they did it, well then, in our own, individual ways, so can we! My own personal vision is to help heal our world by directing, producing, and distributing inspiring films and documentaries that might not otherwise see the light of a screen outside of an editing room. If read with an open heart and mind, I feel that this book can empower you to see how, by pursuing your own craft with a positive attitude and putting your whole self into it, you too will be bring more light to our world. When we do what we love to do, put our hearts and passion into it, and, at the same time, learn how to create what we want in positive ways, then not only will our life change, but so will we also change the face of entertainment itself. As is frequently said throughout this book, it is not necessarily about "going" Hollywood — it is about doing what you love to do in this world of entertainment anywhere in the world. Personally, I left Hollywood – physically and that state of mind – in 2001 and am now doing what I love to do right here in Oregon. Wherever you are, this book can open your mind and spirit to the heights and depths of your own limitless capacities. Allow this book to help you see this within yourself…and then jump in and find who you really are. As the Hopi Indian saying goes, "We are the ones we have been waiting for." Stephen Simon April, 2005 Ashland, Oregon |