David Josh Lawrence

Television and film sets constantly throw you curve balls. Things never go exactly how you’d want them to go and that is exactly what Bill prepares you for. He helps you be honest in a scene when you think you don’t know what you’re doing. Bill has taken me out of my head and put me in the situation I want to be in, which is on set.

Bill will never say you were good or bad. You either move people or you don’t, you are either real, or you retreat to a safe “actor” place. You decide what you do and how you do it and he’ll tell you if it worked and why it worked or didn’t. No directing! No bullshit!! No holding your hand and telling you you’re a good little actor. He’s not the best friend who lets you go on a date with something in your teeth because he doesn’t want to embarrass you. He tells you how it is so you can be your best and he keeps you on your toes because that’s what this industry does to us day in and day out.

Bill and Carla’s comments are honest, profound, at times painfully sharp and accurate all while building your confidence in being “you” in a scene. They don’t direct you, they open you’re eyes so that you can find what you need in order to grow. Bill and Carla Howey hold up a mirror to what you are doing and who you are and they help you to see what you can work on as well as all the positive things that you already have inside of you.

My best work to date, including an upcoming film I’ve been cast in, had all been the result of my studying with Bill and Carla. They’ve taken the raw talent that I’ve always known I had and opened the door for me to let it out.

Film: Hero of the Underworld (2015), Martian American (2014) Air Disturbance (2014,) Capture (Short, 2013,) Beyond the Trophy (2012,) Never Really Had You (Short, 2012) Moon (TV Movie, 2011,) Ben & Jake’s Big Deal (2010,) Left In The Desert (Short, 2010,) The Sinners (2010,) The Juggler (Short, 2009,) Eagle Eye (2008.)