Independent Film Actor Paul Cram

I absolutely smile when I think about the work I get a chance to do. It is an honor to work with so many diverse and talented people.

I have a passion for embracing a character's internal and external life, striving to find and expose their beauty & ugliness, to tell the most compelling story. This is achieved by listening and working collaboratively with directors & writers, and studying up.

Early beginnings: I started out acting in skits at my local church and realized how wonderful it is to live other people's life's on stage, discovered the challenge of telling a story with limited amounts of time, and am still enthralled with story telling.

Favorite Role/Characters: I love playing roles where the character is at first mis-judged by the audience. Also, I respond to awkward, social outcast types. There is a beauty & ugliness in every person. The more roles I play, the more I see this.

Poets I love: Antonio Machado, T.S. Eliot, many more too.

Favorite thing to do on a day off: Sit in a coffee shop and talk with friends. Browsing through bookstores.

Favorite Quote: "Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt- marvelous error!- that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures." -Antonio Machado

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