My first audiobook review, from the leading industry magazine…
“[Edoardo Ballerini] carefully crafts identities… an eclectic mix of characters… all come to life… a creative narration.”
My next title, “Un Amico Italiano” for Penguin, is due out in May.
Right Speech is the step on the Path that always spoke the loudest to me, no pun intended. It seems to be the easiest one for me to forget. Having refined a cynical, biting view of the world starting at age 12 I’ve used words as blunt instruments more often than I care to mention. Read more…
A classroom of adults can be a strange compendium of personalities. Most are of an outgoing nature. There’s no obligation past high school to ever sit in front of a teacher again, so any soul who chooses to spend her Tuesday evenings tra la la’ing through a voice class is probably there of her own volition.
There’s a “B” side to this single, however. These proactive creatures tend to be the neediest. So much so that when the teacher asks, “Does anybody want to say how they feel right now?” arms shoot up to the sky in a way that would make even Stalin blush. And the answers are off-point to an alarming degree. Read more…
Last summer I did a film in which I had to deliver speeches to crowds. And every time after filming, I nearly lost my voice, which caused me no end of embarrassment. How can a professional actor not know how to support his voice for two days? It was another reminder that I had gotten off-track in nearly every aspect of my life. Read more…