I definitely think it exercises an interesting muscle, auditioning for bad parts and trying to figure out how to make it real. I don't know what I'm talking about now.
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When you're running around and playing, it's amazing ground for imagination, and that's really the biggest muscle you need for anything in the arts. I think it's probably the biggest training I've had.
It's a real strength for me that I've never minded the training process. It's something I enjoy. I really like being in the gym or, certainly, on the field.
I'm not a huge fan of improv theater or improv sports or whatever, because it still just looks like a tool. It looks like a technique to me.
So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.
It's very satisfying. To perform the way you want to. And the way you know that you can.
I think it's really, really good for me to be on stage once a year. It keeps your chops good. There's nothing else like it.
You have an awareness of your body and how to use it and I think that if you can embody a character physically it's another really useful tool.
The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.
The Tae-Bo guy has a good body on him. I believe in evolution as far as lifting and training and building muscle. I was doing functional movement before CrossFit was ever a thing. I was playing football, doing platform lifts, all kinds of wacky kettle-bell stuff before kettle bells were kettle bells.
The whole vanity aspect of building up different muscles - I have no interest.