Veteran Actor Michael Nouri On The Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Career In TV and Film

… What I have told my students, is that the particular personality that enables somebody to succeed in this business is that you have to have tough skin. But you have to know how to shed that skin to be a good actor; you have to have access to your vulnerability, to your feelings. The single greatest challenge for an actor is to be tough-skinned enough, to take the rejection but on the other hand, to be vulnerable enough to do your job as an actor.

I had the distinct pleasure to talk to Michael Nouri. Michael Nouri is an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for his television roles, including Bob Schwartz on Yellowstone, Dr. Neil Roberts on The O.C., Phil Grey on Damages, Caleb Cortlandt on All My Children, Eli David in NCIS, and. He is also known for his starring roles in the films Flashdance (1983) and The Hidden (1987) and has appeared in several Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including the original production of Victor/Victoria. He is a Saturn Award…