This is what my fantasy CD Cover looks like.

I’m really proud how this song came out. Check it out!

As you might know, I run a computer company called Dr. Computer. Mine message now says, “Thank you for calling Dr. Computer. You’ve reached the desk of Steve Brock. Please leave your name and number after the tone and I’ll get back to you. I’ll be checking my messages throughout the day and I receive a text message for every voice mail left. Thank you very much and have a nice day.”

Tuesday I’m supposed to go into the studio. My accompanist has disappeared on me. I’m supposed to try to put together a professional sounding CD without an accompanist. I do play guitar, but that’s not the point. Shit on a Shingle.

I’m writing this post because 140 characters isn’t enough.

I have always been curious if actors pick roles with a subconscious motivation that leads them. I’ve been trading tweets with John Larroquette — who is, by the way, very down to earth and cool — and asked him. He said that sometimes when you are known for a certain role, you sometimes pick roles that are opposites of each other. But I was curious to know if perhaps a psychologist took a hard look at the roles actors play, would they find a commonality. For instance Alyssa Milano is known for different roles but three are especially known. Samantha from Who’s the Boss, the Long Island Lolita, and Phoebe from Charmed. They might share a personality trait that the actor finds either missing in themselves or indentifies strongly with the the role. I wondered through a tweet whether Dan Fielding from Night Court and Carl Sack from Boston Legal might have a personality trait or two in common.

Of course, to the viewer it’s going to be a chicken and egg argument. Does the character already share something in common, or does the actor change the character with it’s portrayal. What do you think?

Update: the incredibly nice Mr. Larroquette responded to this post and gave the best answer possible: “Well, to your blog question. Jason Robards once said, ‘Every character is stuck with the actor who plays him.’” This makes sense. In his case, I have thought that Dan, Carl and even John from your self titled show, had something in common and the answer is clearly: the actor portraying the characters.

Thanks, John. I really appreciate the discourse.

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