August 2003
The technology of Scientology is very useful to people who are just starting to make it in the business, in that actors need tools, and it’s not just tools of acting, it’s tools of life. When you walk into an audition, they want to know that they’re talking to somebody. And I know from personal experience I was very uncomfortable in a room full of executives just staring at me. And I wouldn’t do the best job that I felt I could do at that time because I was nervous or I, you know, started to think, “Oh my God, they’re just staring at me, they’re not laughing. They—you know, I suck, I hate—yeah, I just hate myself.” And that’s what I would do in the audition until I started doing courses in Scientology and being more and more able to be comfortable with having people look at me. I mean, it sounds crazy as an actor but when you’re in an auditioning process, you know, senses are heightened and you’re embarrassed and you’re scared and you’re insecure. So Scientology offers you those tools that can help you to get the job. You’re not always going to get the job, but you have a better chance of getting the job.
