Lou was my professor for a couple of classes freshman year of college. He was eccentric as hell, a former manager for celebrities such as Steve Buscemi and Angela Basset. his business fell apart in LA and he moved to NJ and adopted some kids. He took a liking to me and constantly bombarded me with advice. It was that loud, over the top, flamboyant type of advice. Like he knew if I listened to him, everything would go my way.
"ANDY! You need to be a lawyer, like your father."
"ANDY! Only act if you can't do ANYTHING else."
"ANDY! There is no final and the whole class knew it except for you, that was a nice presentation though. Sit down, you got an A." (this happened)
Lou introduced me to a casting director during one acts one night and it was the first time I really thought about wanting to be on that side of the business. It's ironic that I never really thought much about it again the following years and ended up at a talent agency anyway.
Sometimes you don't decide what path to take, you just find yourself walking it.
(Side note: two days after writing this I realized the casting director I had met was somebody my office currently works with. Small world, huh?)
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