Bo Eason
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that if I didn't stop whatever this declaration was at the time, if I just didn't stop, like I stayed loyal to it and only it, I somehow knew that no one else would. I somehow knew that despite my abilities, despite my shortcomings, if you give me that long, that big of a runway, I'm probably gonna be the best at that given the 15 years.
And I didn't talk about this earlier when I had the declaration of being the best safety. All the way up growing up, there were certain things I didn't do growing up. Like I didn't go to the prom, right? Because in my little 15-year-old, 16-year-old mind, I thought that was a conflict of me being the best safety. I thought that ran... against being the best safety. So I didn't go to the prom.
And I didn't talk about this earlier when I had the declaration of being the best safety. All the way up growing up, there were certain things I didn't do growing up. Like I didn't go to the prom, right? Because in my little 15-year-old, 16-year-old mind, I thought that was a conflict of me being the best safety. I thought that ran... against being the best safety. So I didn't go to the prom.
And I didn't talk about this earlier when I had the declaration of being the best safety. All the way up growing up, there were certain things I didn't do growing up. Like I didn't go to the prom, right? Because in my little 15-year-old, 16-year-old mind, I thought that was a conflict of me being the best safety. I thought that ran... against being the best safety. So I didn't go to the prom.
I didn't drink. There were certain things I didn't do going on dates that I knew all the other safeties were probably who wanted to be the best safety growing up in whatever city they lived in. I thought they were going to the prom and that's where I would get ahead of them. Well, still, I had a very simple mind in my late 20s. And I did the same thing in the entertainment business.
I didn't drink. There were certain things I didn't do going on dates that I knew all the other safeties were probably who wanted to be the best safety growing up in whatever city they lived in. I thought they were going to the prom and that's where I would get ahead of them. Well, still, I had a very simple mind in my late 20s. And I did the same thing in the entertainment business.
I didn't drink. There were certain things I didn't do going on dates that I knew all the other safeties were probably who wanted to be the best safety growing up in whatever city they lived in. I thought they were going to the prom and that's where I would get ahead of them. Well, still, I had a very simple mind in my late 20s. And I did the same thing in the entertainment business.
I just said, I'm going to train more than anyone else can train. I'm going to be on a stage more than anyone else can be on a stage. And I'm not going to have any conflicting interests. And so I wasn't searching for an acting career. I wasn't trying to get an agent. I was trying to be the best. on stage.
I just said, I'm going to train more than anyone else can train. I'm going to be on a stage more than anyone else can be on a stage. And I'm not going to have any conflicting interests. And so I wasn't searching for an acting career. I wasn't trying to get an agent. I was trying to be the best. on stage.
I just said, I'm going to train more than anyone else can train. I'm going to be on a stage more than anyone else can be on a stage. And I'm not going to have any conflicting interests. And so I wasn't searching for an acting career. I wasn't trying to get an agent. I was trying to be the best. on stage.
And I figured if I was, then it like Al Pacino, if you're the best on stage, chances are people are going to come calling and saying, Hey, can you do this? Hey, can I hire you for this? And that is exactly what happened. So 15 years later, after meeting Al Pacino, 15 years later, I'm on stage, uh,
And I figured if I was, then it like Al Pacino, if you're the best on stage, chances are people are going to come calling and saying, Hey, can you do this? Hey, can I hire you for this? And that is exactly what happened. So 15 years later, after meeting Al Pacino, 15 years later, I'm on stage, uh,
And I figured if I was, then it like Al Pacino, if you're the best on stage, chances are people are going to come calling and saying, Hey, can you do this? Hey, can I hire you for this? And that is exactly what happened. So 15 years later, after meeting Al Pacino, 15 years later, I'm on stage, uh,
on Broadway and off Broadway in front of an audience of a play that I wrote, that I was the playwright of, and that I'm the only guy in. So it's a play I wrote, and I'm the only guy in. And I'd never written a play in my life. I'd never written anything in my life other than English papers. But I wrote a play. It was a one-man play. opened in New York, ran forever, went on a 50 city tour.
on Broadway and off Broadway in front of an audience of a play that I wrote, that I was the playwright of, and that I'm the only guy in. So it's a play I wrote, and I'm the only guy in. And I'd never written a play in my life. I'd never written anything in my life other than English papers. But I wrote a play. It was a one-man play. opened in New York, ran forever, went on a 50 city tour.
on Broadway and off Broadway in front of an audience of a play that I wrote, that I was the playwright of, and that I'm the only guy in. So it's a play I wrote, and I'm the only guy in. And I'd never written a play in my life. I'd never written anything in my life other than English papers. But I wrote a play. It was a one-man play. opened in New York, ran forever, went on a 50 city tour.
It got bought as a movie. And that play, because I took the time to be great at that play and hired people around me to make sure to hold me accountable and to make sure I was authentic and great at the performance. 15 years later, I'm in a house in New York City, opening night, critics are in there. I am so nervous. I've never been this nervous and I've gone up against 350 pound dudes.
It got bought as a movie. And that play, because I took the time to be great at that play and hired people around me to make sure to hold me accountable and to make sure I was authentic and great at the performance. 15 years later, I'm in a house in New York City, opening night, critics are in there. I am so nervous. I've never been this nervous and I've gone up against 350 pound dudes.
It got bought as a movie. And that play, because I took the time to be great at that play and hired people around me to make sure to hold me accountable and to make sure I was authentic and great at the performance. 15 years later, I'm in a house in New York City, opening night, critics are in there. I am so nervous. I've never been this nervous and I've gone up against 350 pound dudes.
They were like cupcakes compared to the critics in New York. So I was going out. I went out on opening night. I did the play and right on the aisle in the fifth row was Al Pacino sitting there watching me do a play that I'm the only guy in. And I remembered like looking at him going, shit, that is Al Pacino.