HOLAwave: Are You Losing The Chase?

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(This blog was originally published here.)

"You can get tired chasing a dream."

That's what this actress told me when we were going home from her show.

She had just done King Lear, and she told me about how tired she was of juggling a day job, and trying to build her acting career.... So I told her what I always tell everyone....



If you want to be a successful actor, why not do something that teaches you about business instead of being a waiter, or a caterer, or whatever?


Bones Rodríguez is an actor, author and "entreperformer" who was born and bred in New York City. He can be seen in a bunch of commercials, plays, television shows, and independent films. He is the author of Captain Kirk's Guide To Women, published by Simon and Schuster in 2008, as well as a number of other books, including No More Waiters: How To Build Your Acting Business Without A Day Job and Half-Assed Health: How To Look Good Naked... Without Starving, Suffering or Surgery, among others. As an entrepreneur, he helps people build their own part-time online business, so they can work from home but still earn an income. For more information, click here, here or here.