It's genuinely one of the greatest honors of my life to be picked as the third best performance in a horror film this year by
@AwardsRadar
, for HERD! Particularly given the slate of other actors, and that
#4
is my LIFELONG HERO Kenneth Branagh. WHAT?!?! 😱😭🤩💀
Some of the discourse around the
#SAGstrike
reminds me of an assumption about actors that I've come across for most of my life. Many people seem to assume that there are ONLY TWO kinds of actors:
1. Wildly famous, rich celebrities
2. Failed pretenders who are actually servers 1/
But the vast majority of actors are neither of these things. They are professionals; they have trained for this. They have worked at a high enough level, professionally, that they have been able to join the union, and at least get decent wages for the day or weeks they work. 2/
The vast majority of actors are the owners of their small businesses, working 365 days. Prepping for auditions with every hour they can find, taking classes, honing their craft, fostering relationships, marketing themselves, researching what's being made, refining how they fit. 3
And now, I am bored by my own whinging. Thank you to anyone who read this. This thread is brought to you by 10,000 hours of cocktail party conversations.
#SAGAFTRAstrong
etc. 10/fin
And that's why the vast majority of actors--somewhere in the range of 87% of SAG actors--don't make $26,000 in SAG in order to qualify for health insurance. It is a scramble and a panic every year to see if you'll qualify, and a blessing if you do. 6/
Because the vast majority of actors, unless they're series regulars on TV shows, have jobs for a few days or a few weeks or a few months, at BEST, and they lose them again. If you have an AMAZING year and you book, say, SIX jobs--you're also out-of-work six times. 5/
Maybe they've had years where all their income is from acting. Maybe they've spent their entire career making at least the majority of their money as an actor. But they're still living middle-class, not-famous lives, and have no guarantee they will ever get a job again. 4/
Being an actor is not either getting to Tom-Cruise-level-stardom or failure. The majority of actors just dream of a life, however modest, where they can just work on their own business, and don't have to worry about if they'll have to also be waiting tables at 60. 9/
This is also why the vast majority of actors have to piece it together with other, sometimes several other, jobs. You have to have flexibility to be available to drop everything to tape an audition. But not only are those people *real actors*...they're actually the majority. 7/
I'm often reminded of my friend Craig saying once, "There's nothing sexier than a working actor. And there's nothing less sexy than an out-of-work actor." And believe me: no one feels this more than we do. But an actor who doesn't have an acting job *right now* is still an actor.
.
@Phillies
! I am here with my 1993 Starter Jacket and my Phillies umbrella and it is my first time seeing you in person in this calendar year and I love you!
PHILLIES FANS! FOR LITERALLY EVERY REASON DO NOT DO THE CHOP!
When you are mocking a terrible thing by doing a terrible thing you are still doing a terrible thing!
I have to go to work right now, BUT I am sporting my 1993 Starter jacket around town like, Hello, please come talk to me about the Phillies. I should be able to tune in to the back half of the game! I am so excited for this series. LET'S GO PHILLIES! YOU CAN DO IT!
This NLCS Beast with Two Zac(k)s favored Wheeler from the start! He was great, w 8 Ks in 6 IP. Bryce has a fantastic birthday: a bomb, addtl run & RBI. ("Blow your candles out, Bryce" -Not Tennessee Williams) Schwarber HR on 1st pitch, Casty goes oppo, + JTRBI!
#RedOctober
It might just have been my section last night, but I was disappointed that the attitude of many fans changed in the second inning last night. If you're going to the game tonight, STAY IN IT. Phillies won't have "the best home field advantage in MLB" if WE don't give it to them.
Please help me spread this message amongst the phaithful: DONT. LET. UP. Not for one second. Atlanta wants to neutralize the CBP home field advantage any way they can. DO NOT LET THEM. I believe in a Phillies W, but NO MATTER WHAT they face along the way, back your boys! Pls RT!
Oh just your average New Yorker Philadelphia-born Phillies fan who is OUT HERE FOR ELOY!
Looking forward to seeing my first Eloy Jimenez at bat in person!
@whitesox
#WhiteSox
It is unfathomable to me that any major league (or minor league) pitcher
a) knows I exist
b) bothered to listen a thing that I said
c) didn't dismiss me as a mere goofball.
Mind is blown. Day is made. Daniel Bard, I'm your fan forever. So sorry we won't see him pitch this year.
Hi
@Phillies
! I didn't know if I would be able to make it today but here I am with my 1980 letterman-style jacket and my Mets-fan husband (sorry, he's great, I promise) and I love you unconditionally!
A fan at Citizens Bank Park just shown on BBTN has a sign saying “Aaron Nola led MLB in 3-pitch K’s”
Research confirms.
He had 52 of them, ahead of Shohei Ohtani in 2nd with 49.
After being stuck on a broken-down train for three hours we made it to our seats JUST IN TIME for the Phillies to take the field! I love you Phillies! What voice I have left I am ready to lose for you!
Please help me spread this message amongst the phaithful: DONT. LET. UP. Not for one second. Atlanta wants to neutralize the CBP home field advantage any way they can. DO NOT LET THEM. I believe in a Phillies W, but NO MATTER WHAT they face along the way, back your boys! Pls RT!
Because apparently I am into BDPM*, I will be attending all three Phillies games at Citi Field this weekend.
Also, Phillies, I love you. I consent to this.
*Baseball Diamond Phillies Masochism**
**Yes, I just made this up
Two pics from
@nycDSA
@QueensDSA
's rally outside of City Council member's
@Dromm25
's apartment, as part of their Budget Day of Action. We need to
#DefundPolice
and refund the people! Very inspired by these organizers, asking to
#DefundNYPD
by half of their budget: $3 billion.
What can be said about the most satisfying game I have ever personally witnessed? Aaron Nola was SUPERB, Alvarado was Strike 1, Strike 2 & Good Luck. Harper looks back in the groove! But I think the Rhys Hoskins homer, after the Schwarb IBB, was one of my happiest moments...ever.
My friend just started this petition to name the MVP Award after superhero Josh Gibson, rather than Kennesaw Mountain Landis, responsible for keeping players like Gibson out of MLB. In honor of
#NegroLeagues100
, please sign & circulate this petition!
I had The Most Fun yesterday in my first time on
#MLBNOffBase
on
@MLBNetwork
!
@LGRed
@Xavier_Scruggs
&
@Keith_McPherson
are such hilarious & smart human beings and it was a delight talking baseball with them. Here we are swooning over Shohei Ohtani's start at Fenway yesterday: 1/
My dad, who does not use a computer or a cell phone, sent me, in the mail, a copy of Tim Keown's ESPN story about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani, printed out for him by my stepmom.
This is perhaps the most my dad thing to have ever happened. I love him so much.
Absolutely here for
@JohnKruk
and
@TMacPhils
calling out Keith Hernandez from here until the end of time. That Kruk already had the Mets series scheduled off is the cherry atop
COMPLETE GAME SHUT-OUT FOR RANGER SUAREZ! Whiffs on all five of his pitches for 8 Ks! Ranger fields the last out! ALSO mini-slumps for Harper & JT broken with two-run Bryce Bomb & Jacked Tater (and additional 2B RBI for Harper). Pure Phillies joy!
#RingTheBell
I asked the kind folks at
@MLBNetwork
for the clip of me making a reference to David Fletcher because it's what I like to do when it's even remotely warranted. And they obliged.
Running around today with my 1980 Phillies jacket but VERY disappointed that the game will not start on time, as I CANNOT TUNE IN after 7 PM! Boooooo, rain. Very poor taste. Low-class move, rain.
On the other hand, LET'S GO PHILLIES!
Thank you for a wild ride of a season & an absolutely raucous & thrilling postseason, Phillies. There were so many memories that I will treasure for the rest of my life. I've loved the Phillies literally as long as I can remember, and I love you more than ever.
#RedOctober
Phillies come back from a 1-run deficit...THREE TIMES! Harper walks it off in the 10th, Kody Clemens' bomb ties it in the 9th w 2 outs, & a Stott for Teacher homer ties it in the 7th. Sanchez gets sharper as he goes, keeps them in it again! Good D from Edmundo.
#ringthebell
Okay y'all, it's Mystery Hair, Baseball Shirt Time! Here is one of the less spoilery baseball shirt shots from the *superlatively* fun time I had shooting on episode 612 of "NCIS: New Orleans," which is airing on
@cbstv
this Sunday, at 10 PM. So tune in to
#NCISNOLA
this weekend!
Brand new improvised dance video for Weston Wilson's Cycle day! It was MAGICAL. Another night of Everybody Hits, including Bohm Run, Casty Deep Drive. Three hits for Turner, Rojas with 3 RBI (he was SAFE on that 2B)! Wheeler excellent with 6 IP, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K.
#RingTheBell
Catcher J.T. Realmuto and the Philadelphia Phillies are in agreement on a five-year, $115.5 million contract, sources confirm to ESPN.
It always felt inevitable that Realmuto was coming back to Philly. Now it's official.
@CraigMish
was first with the agreement.
Literally dancing on my own for this one, but what. A. GAME! Nola was brilliant, w 9 Ks in 5.2 IP, staying sharp in face of Atlanta run & baserunners. And then SIX HOMERS?! (A historical tie!) 2 Bryce Bombs, 2 Castellanos Deep Drives, a Trea in the Life, & a Marsh Mash! GO PHILS!
One-armed dancing with phone IN REAL TIME BECAUSE THE PHILLIES WON THIS ONE!
This win was HUGE. But Ranger Suarez out-dueled Max Scherzer, and this offense BATTLED. GRIT! This team is truly playing so differently than it did the last time they were here!
#ringthebell
That was one of the most fun regular season games I have ever seen! Everybody hits! Bohm is out of his mind! Ildemaro Vargas throws with funny wind-ups and sidearm! Josh Harrison does a dance when HBP! Nick Castellanos swim move, kind of! Zack Wheeler ❤️! Phillies!
#ringthebell
@Ken_Rosenthal
This is profoundly sad. There is not a single sports-related thing that is not made better by the presence of Ken Rosenthal, and not a single thing that is not lessened by his absence.
I've got my Aaron Nola jersey! I have my Nola necklace! I've got my teeny tiny Go Phillies sign! I have my nervous indigestion! LET'S GO PHILLIES! I LOVE YOU!
#RedOctober
I needed to watch the end of the
#Phillies
game on delay, but I am so glad that I did! Excellent defensive plays from Bohm and Stott are all the sweeter in light of Keith Hernandez sanctimony. Somehow, another win vs Alcantara, with Schwarber powering the offense!
#RingTheBell
Nola Facts Dance: Nola was absolutely brilliant. FACTS. 6 scoreless innings, 7 Ks, 34% CSW! DoubleSchwarbomb as Scwarbs HEATS UP 🔥, It's a Beautiful Trea, plus big doubles from JT, Marsh and Bohm. Addtl JTRBI & Casty sac fly makes this a double-digit victory!
#RedOctober
.
@EricGilde
and I slept for about an hour forty-five minutes and we're now in separate middle seats on a six hour international flight, but I woke up with "A-O-K" in my head which I am choosing to interpret as a good omen LET'S GO PHILLIES
Have I died and gone to heaven? Did we get a Harper Homer, a Schwarbomb, a Hoskdong, a Bohm Run AND a Marsh Mash? Did Ranger Suarez, Brogdon, Gibson, Nelson and Bellati BLANK the ASTROS? This is as magical as I ever dreamed!
#RedOctober
#RedNovember
#RingTheBell
Cristopher Sanchez earns contract extension with 7 brilliant scoreless IP! And no damaging offensive hangover from 12 runs yesterday, tho it's a morning (thanx, Roku) singles mixer for the Phillies: Dahl plates 2, Stott 1, Castellanos 1. Phillies hot as the weather!
#ringthebell
In honor of Nick Castellanos showing up to camp, a Mystery Hair, Baseball Shirt from my dressing room today. I got this shirt on our visit to Great American Ballpark last summer, and I had no notion that I would get such exceptional Phillies-related use out of it! 4-0 ballgame!
I have said it on a number of podcasts, I hate the rule whereby microscopically moving off the base despite beating the throw makes a player out. It's continuing to disincentivize stolen bases in a game that already sees fewer and fewer of this very fun, fan-oriented play.
HAPPY OPENING DAY, Y'ALL
To be clear, this image depicts me repping the Phillies while shooting a movie, not me having gotten into an altercation with someone disparaging Aaron Nola
About to go on
#MLBNOffbase
on
@MLBNetwork
again today and I am wearing my sparkly letter jacket to celebrate the 7-game winning streak for Phillies, and the Undefeated Rob Thomson era!
BIG NEWS I just yelled "JEFF PASSAN I LOVE YOU" at the one and only dreamboat
@JeffPassan
and he mouthed out "I love you too" so tonight is already HUGE
Phillies sweep 4-game series vs Giants & stay atop MLB w a .694 winning %! Wheeler has an astonishing 7 IP, with 👉11 Ks👈, 0 ER (1 UER), 1 BB! Another day, another 3-run Harper Homer. + Schwarbomb, JT keeps on heating up, Casty 2/2 w 2 BBs. Merrifield opens scoring!
#ringthebell
AARON NOLA PITCHES A COMPLETE GAME SHUT-OUT! After being perfect through 5! 109 pitches, 67% strike%. He was SPECTACULAR! ❤️😭🥰 Bohm gets a HBP RBI two games in a row! Stott stays Hott to get the Phillies their 3rd run; Bohm plates 4th. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
#RingTheBell
We are here! The 1993 Starter jacket that was there for both halves of the final game of the 2008 World Series (my mom was wearing it) is IN THE HOUSE! LET'S GO
@Phillies
! I LOVE YOU!
#RedOctober
In Poplar Bluff, MO for a premiere of HERD in the fantastic place we were lucky enough to film this movie. So thrilled to be back with this community that gave us so much to make this movie happen!
Also...will be in the premiere screening...so go Phillies! ❤️⚾️🥰
I am going to be on
@MLBNetwork
's show MLB Now, live at 4 PM EST--puzzling about Stroman, talking Phillies, and more!
By that time, I will not be wearing my faded
#Phillies
hoodie and I will be wearing grown-up shoes.
THESE PHILLIES!!! Down 5-0 & they scrapped & clawed & never gave up for one minute & they have just handed the Astros their FIRST LOST THIS POSTSEASON! Lockdown bullpen, good defense, key hits from Bohm, Castellanos & JT (TWICE)! I LOVE YOU PHILLIES!
#RedOctober
#ringthebell
Because of this afternoon's Theo Epstein and Perry Minasian press conference extravaganza, the full hour of MLB Now will be airing at 4 PM on
@MLBNetwork
!
Going to work. All I can do now is wear a Phillies jacket & make nervous faces while waiting to cross at an intersection.
Phillies, I love you! You can do it!
Phans at the game: BACK YOUR BOYS. STAY IN IT. DON'T LET UP. NO MATTER WHAT. THREE WORD SENTENCES.
LET'S GO PHILS!
THE PHILLIES WIN NINE IN A ROW for the first time since 2011! The Rob Thomson Era remains undefeated! Dorky Dance if there ever was one! Zack Wheeler gonna Zack Wheeler. STOTT-BLOODED check it and see; Nice Nick Castellanos hits. JT SB. Bullpen holds on!
#RingTheBell
Ranger Suarez has another great outing, this time in Great American Small Park! 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 Ks, 1 BB! Johan Rojas hits the most beautiful triple & gets the most beautiful put-outs. Kody Clemens 3-run bomb! JTRBI 2B; SchwaRBI; Stott with a brace of sac-RsBI. Nice!
#RingTheBell
Trying the Brandon Marsh wet hair tactic to give me, in the immortal words of Garrett Stubbs, "some f---ing edge" while watching this game. LET'S GO PHILLIES!
#RedOctober
The Phillies take two from the first-place Orioles! The offense leads with this one, coming back after being down three. A Swat from Sosa, a JT 2-RBI double, but Jake Cave seems like the hero, with an RBI 2B & fantastic catch! Suarez battles, Soto gets the save!
#ringthebell
These are the best tickets I have ever had IN MY LIFE! Thank you so much
@ThePatrickRollo
! I am thrilled to be a total front-row goofball for the Phillies this evening!
Very sweet pic of me with the blurry guy behind me, ready to root for the Sixers at the Garden with my nascent, semi-rational love for De'Anthony Melton