Two weeks ago, my first teaching experience for screenwriting came to a close. Five students finished the course, and each participant had the beginnings of a good film script. Four students may just do something with their work. One never gave her work a chance, regardless of my or the other students' help.

A director told me the number one "skill" needed in actors is: the ability to take directions.

How pliable are you? Must you do everything the director says? No. Directors are human, too. Fallible creatures. But if an actor's response to every note is simply: "No," "I don't want to do that," "That's not what I want," "Yes, but...," then the director will tire of working with that artist.

"How does one deconstruct a masterpiece? In this episode, we try our best. Mark Botts, Isaiah Mouw, and Ben Bronsink discuss the incomparable No Country for Old Men. Topics of fate, aging, and maybe mob mentality are all brought up and thrown out on the discussion table. We love this movie, and think you will too."

Check out another podcast that we were fortunate to be a part as we discuss the Coen Brother's masterpiece: No Country For Old Men. 
Do it, friendo.