People think acting is just memorizing lines and doing facial expressions. No it's about traveling along a path of discovery, intention and connection.
Fred Bumaye shows great promise as a young filmmaker with a passion for story and the cinematic language.
As an adult I wasn't dying to participate in sci-fi projects.
When you walk among your own people and you know that they have a question about your integrity and everyone's giving you the side-eye, the people that used to give you the love, that's a very interesting feeling.
It's always nice when you see an email in your inbox that says 'offer,' then you read the email and go, 'Oh, okay. Who's doing it, what's it about?'
I've played lots of law enforcement agents, and I do have friends that are in the bureau, in the DEA, and who are detectives and captains.
I fear no one.
We didn't even have a T.V. in my house until I was 13. My dad called it the 'idiot box.'
I come up from a music background.
My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others.
I've directed web series, music videos, film shorts, and theater. It's just a hat I put on.
No matter what your dream is, first you have to think that anything is possible.
For me, I've always been an entrepreneur.
I've never been the actor that's waiting for a job. I always have 15,000 other things going on.
I made some money, some real money on my first real estate transaction.
I think it's hard for anyone to get into real estate or Hollywood.
If you tell yourself you can't, you're right.
Baltimore obviously has a lot of problems, but there are people there that have a lot of promise.
I used to walk in the burnt up Harlem of the '80s, and I'd look at brownstones that were dilapidated or apartment buildings, thinking 'Whoever designed this and built this did not want it to look like this.' So, I used to visualize one day being able to contribute and build in Harlem.
I've had the opportunity to work as an actor and tell stories that transform.
