Alvin Cowan's Lounge Discussions

Friends. Food for thought: http://bit.ly/1kv7NUx

Hey peeps - I found this blog post interesting. I assume many of you have read the book the agent recommended. Thoughts, musings, comments about it? http://www.dougrichardson.com/blog/on-the-outside-looking-in/

Friends. Just saw the first cut of a movie I'm in. Good scene with great work. Curious - does ANYONE like watching themselves on screen? Doesn't matter how "good" I am in the scene, its painful to have to watch myself. Thoughts, musings, comments, criticisms?

Hey folks. Ran across this today - maybe many have seen it, maybe not. But I thought I'd post it here as it reminded me of the WHY behind my acting. Thought it might help you too. "I think playwrights and actors, we need them now more than any other time - the healers of a society, the people who witness the truth." http://bit.ly/1OQerPZ

Hello Stage 32! I'm new to the site, but excited to have discovered it. I'm hoping to find my "tribe" of creatives... Me? I'm an actor/director/writer/producer who lives in Los Angeles - Venice, to be exact. I grew up in Austin, Texas and yes, I love it, miss it, want to go back - and will always be happy to give you my Austin restaurant playbook. I attended Yale University, where I played quarterback, and then subsequently flirted with the NFL - it was more a co-dependent relationship, I wanted them and they didn't want me. Either way, I was briefly with the Buffalo Bills before jumping into entertainment after stops in Romania and Albania - long story. Most of my time has been as an actor, but the past couple years I've branched out. My highlight, so far, was definitely working on a scene with Bradley Cooper and Clint Eastwood (my creative role model) in American Sniper. We're just about to take a half-hour comedy, "Big & Save" to market for pitching and have a hour-long drama script about Venice surf and skate culture, "Dogtown," ready to go - just looking for a producer/rep to help me get it out there! Know anyone? :) As a director/actor, I'm currently shooting a short film called "Rain for Sale" - a classic western in the Eastwood, There Will Be Blood vein. I also just began writing a feature length modern western called "Coyote" that I hope to direct/star in. So, thats me. As you can probably tell, Eastwood, Sam Shephard - these are artistic influences. I'm in LOVE with the American West (but not just "Westerns") and interested in stories of love, loss, and life set in backroads and wide open spaces. But, please, I love collaborating and talking films of ANY kind - drama, horror, adventure, comedy - so reach out. Lets meet up, grab a beer or coffee. I'd love to meet you!