“I feel like God has moved me into a different way of doing things. I teach basic on-camera acting class called Acting 101...In my classroom, the students get every ounce of encouragement and craft and anything I'm able to give them.We have some rules. We don't take the name of The Lord in vain. We don't use foul language when we mess up on camera...There's a climate of safety...They feel very protected.” WayGivingFeelsDifferentUseAbleNamesLanguageActingLordClassTeachStudentsEncouragementCamerasSafetyMovedClimateCraftsMessVainDifferent WaysClassroomProtectedFoulActing ClassesFoul Language Author:Patricia Mauceri
“It's very hard to find good and wholesome, edifying and challenging writing for the students to perform. In my classroom I strive to do that as best as I can.” WritingI CanHardChallengesStudentsStriveClassroom Author:Patricia Mauceri
“The experience I had all those 40 years of working on Broadway and working on television, I bring it to students and I let them kind of drain me dry but they all feel at the end of the class that they are getting so much out of it. The students grow in my classroom because they feel safe. They don't feel like they're going to be yelled at.” FeelsYearsKindEndsGrowsClassStudentsTelevisionSafeDryClassroomBroadwayDrains Author:Patricia Mauceri
“As luck would have (it was) in God's hands. It was me...The billionaire (part) was a stretch but I thought the almighty dollar was the way to be happy...and I woke up one morning and I had three retail establishments and a full-blown construction company with partners making great money and I was miserable.” WayHandsThreeCompanyMorningLuckDollarsPartnersMiserableConstructionEstablishmentAlmightyBillionaireRetailGreat MoneyConstruction Company Author:Drew Waters
“One day I realized that that was not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I wanted to chase my dream and I wanted to show my young daughter that it's okay to chase your dreams. So, I set out to do it.” ShowsDreamWantedYoungOne DayDaughterOkayI RealizedYour DreamsChase Your DreamsYoung Daughter Author:Drew Waters
“I had retail businesses. They were beauty businesses, skin care and all that. I got into that as a fluke. I was going to open up a gym. I just had a Men's Fitness cover come out that was the third bestselling of Men's Fitness covers.” MenCareSkinsThirdsGymRetailFlukesSkin CareRetail Business Author:Drew Waters
“I was gonna open a gym and was in negotiation to buy the gym I was working out at. It was a small mom-and-pop and (the owner) wanted to move back to the west coast. My wife at (that) time came down with skin cancer.” WantedMovingWifeMomSkinsWestCancerWork OutPopsMy WifeOwnersGymCoastNegotiationWest CoastSkin Cancer Author:Drew Waters
“We realized that there's a great need in many churches to use the power of the media...There are a lot of different ways to preach. You can preach by praising. You can preach by preaching sermons. You can preach by just giving someone food when they're hungry. There are people who will never darken a church door but they will come to see a play.” PeopleWayNeedsGivingDifferentPlayUseChurchDoorsMediaPraiseHungryDifferent WaysPreachingSermons Author:Patricia Mauceri
“We were young. We were 23. I was a kid, growing up, that would burn and fry. I didn't understand why. We did all this study and research and learned so much about skin cells and rejuvenation and how the body works and (how) everybody is different. (We) learned what doctors do for treatment of certain things and so I changed my direction and opened up a skin-care company - healthy tanning, skin-care products and rejuvenation and all of that and it took off.” DifferentBodyCareKidsYoungCertainCompanyGrowing UpStudyGrowingChangedProductsHealthyResearchDoctorsSkinsCellsTreatmentKids Growing UpSkin CareRejuvenationTanningBody Work Author:Drew Waters
“When you hit the things that are relevant to the next generation, - it's a way for young people to feel like "Somebody understands me. Church is not irrelevant. I feel that my hurts are being addressed. Things that I am concerned about are being talked about."” PeopleWayFeelsYoungNextHurtChurchGenerationsConcernedRelevantIrrelevantNext GenerationUnderstand Me Author:Patricia Mauceri