a life in the day
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"...it’s hard to think of yourself as damaged when you’re seventeen years old. But I was. I am. we all are, I guess..." |
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DATE OF BIRTH: August 1, 1980.
BACKGROUND: Born on Staten Island, New York, Tom went to local public schools
for elementary and intermediate education, then went To Stuyvesant High School
on Manhattan for High School. He moved on to St. John’s University to study
for an bachelor’s degree in accounting. He comes from a large family, and
besides acting, enjoys writing, football, and music.
ACTING EXPERIENCE: Tom has previously been seen as Juror #8 in “Twelve Angry
Men”, Burger in “Hair”, Billy Crocker in “Anything Goes”, Picasso in “Picasso
at the Lapin Agile”, and Roma in “Glengarry Glen Ross.” He has also written
and directed himself in numerous sketch comedy/improv shows.
ACTING INFLUENCES: Jack Lemmon, Steve Buscemi, James Stewart, and Marlon
Brando are all early influences on Tom. Since he has taken up acting as a
serious pursuit, he has grown to admire the talents of Jeff Bridges, Jack
Nicholson, Katherine Hepburn, Kevin Kline, and Brad Pitt.
ON ACTING: Foremost, the words. They are there for a reason, and that’s almost
always where the character is. Try to remember that this a real person and he
would do things that a real person would do. Between that thought and the
lines said, you can get the idea for a character in your head. Try to make it
all mesh. When you have the character, do your best to act like that. Also,
don’t forget the medium you’re working in. Drama, comedy, musical, film,
stage. They all have different rules. Don’t forget them, and don’t be
restricted by them, work with them.
ON BRANDON: He’s a good guy with some serious problems he doesn’t know how to
deal with. He’s a good friend, and loyal, almost to a fault. He tries his best
to deal with things, but without being able to deal with the past, ‘dealing’
usually means letting things flow over him. The character is a great part,
with so many colors, so many aspects of his life to play with.
ON THIS MOVIE: I can’t believe how well-written it is, and how well acted it
seems. Everyone is working together to make this a very-complex, moving film
on how friendship changes and evolves over time, how growing up doesn’t have
to mean growing apart, and how failure in one aspect of your life doesn’t
condemn your whole life to failure.
PERSONAL QUOTE: “The Dude abides…. I guess that’s the way the whole durned
human comedy keeps perpetuating itself.”