Acting, singing, film, writing, philosophy, religion, poetry, feeling my Muse, the paranormal, listening to trains passing by in the night, picnics in the woods, walking through old cemeteries, daydreaming, the smell of freshly cut grass, old buildings, eating at 50's style soda shops, old churches, walking in the city, driving through the country, sunrises, sunsets, laying in the grass, thunderstorms, lucid dreaming, going for long drives and walks with no destination in mind, spirituality, metaphysics and basically anything transcendent that lifts me beyond this mortal coil.
Actors and others performers, casting directors, producers, screenwriters/playwrights, musicians, filmmakers, poets, and other artists...generally, people who are open minded and who aren't afraid to be silly, have fun and even get a little crazy. Those on the other side: Jim Morrison, John Lennon, my Muse, Jesus, The Great Spirit, Tecumseh, Buddha, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, James Dean, Marlon Brando, Natalie Wood, John Barrymore, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Byron, and so many others I'll probably add later.
I'm mostly a rocker...but I like different kinds...depends on my mood. I especially LUV classic rock/pop and other 60's/70's hippie music. I'm into 90's rock...especially GRUNGE. I luv the 50's...Dion, Roy Orbison, The Platters, Del Shannon, The Dovells and others...luv some 30's and 40's too...Glenn Miller, The Ink Spots, Sinatra, Johnny Mercer and Rudy Vallee to name a few. I like Celtic music and I like some classical music from the greats like Vivaldi, Mozart and Beethoven. I'm currently trying to learn more blues and jazz music. SOME of my FAVES: The DoORs, The MOOdy Blues, The Turtles, The Guess Who, Johnny Mercer, Led Zep, BLue Oyster Cult, Bread, Sabbath, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, Godsmack...just to name a few.
Mostly into drama...really luv the scary stuff too. I always appreciate the classics. I like some sci-fi stuff...luv suspense. I like weird and freaky movies that make me think about them for days afterwards. Here's A SHORT list: Jacob's Ladder, On The Waterfront, Streetcar Named Desire (1951 version), Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Cool Hand Luke, East Of Eden (1955 version), Blackboard Jungle, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Graduate, The Sixth Sense, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, City Of Angels, Flatliners, The Ring I, Halloween I, Fight Club, The Breakfast Club, What Dreams May Come, Big Fish, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, The Shining, Dead Poets Society, The Others, The Matrix, Ghost, Vanilla Sky, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, What The Bleep Do We Know, Almost Famous, The DOORS, Meet The Parents, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Devil's Advocate, Minority Report.
The Twilight Zone, Inside the Actors Studio or Whose Line Is It. I watch lots of old reruns...especially on the TV Land channel.
Too many to mention...mostly anything about acting, theatre, philosophy, history or just any kind of deep stuff that makes my head spin. Some all time faves: "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac. "An Actor Prepares" by Konstantin Stanislavski (my acting Bible). "On Method Acting" by Edward Dwight Easty and anything Shakespeare...especially Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.
Most of my heroes are artists, performers and teachers who have influenced me as an actor. Here's a short list: Konstantin Stanislavski (The Grand Master of Acting!), Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Gary Oldman, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Lord Byron...the list will probably keep expanding.