Introduce Yourself : Introducing myself!!! :-) by Robert Sherry

Well said Robert, I wish you all the best with your acting career.

Haven't been to Burbank, but I am happy to see you love your town. Best of luck to your acting!

Thanks Antonio! Same to you!, and thank you too, Elizabeth; you'll have to check Burbank out sometime, it's home to WB Studios, Walt Disney Studios, Universal Studios, ABC Studios, NBC Studios, etc. and is pretty awesome! :-)

Share your twitter and Facebook so we can follow you.

Facebook is bobby.sherry and Twitter (I believe) is RSherry3; however I really only use twitter when tagging people or posting on FB. Thanks! :-)

ur definitely in the right location.......could feel ur energy & it's all positive -----don't give up buddy !!!!

I'm new to Vegas and I am working on a horror trilogy. You should read the first script

Hi Robert! Nice to meet you.

Hi Neecho, well send me the link to the script or the script and I'll definitely read over it thanks! OR better yet, post your screenplay here on Stage 32! That way everyone can read it and give feedback as well

Aleisha, nice to meet you too! Thanks for adding me on here! :-)

Awesome post, Robert...Not the least surprised coming from you, but still worth commenting!

HEY.......isn"t Stage 32 just fricking AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!????!!!!!!!

I certainly think so ;)

Thanks RB! Really appreciate the feedback/comment on this! :-) Looking forward to October 1st!! :-D ...and Charles, just it is! Make sure you try and make it out to some of the events/meetups! Well worth it, trust me!

Welcome Robert!

Thanks Dawn! :-)

What a lovely Introduction you wrote, I really enjoyed reading it, as it also gave me some motivation to be the best writer I can be. Kind regards, Kathleen from UK.

Welcome Robert!

fantastic! You are very motivated I hear it in your introduction. I enjoy your energy. We really do have to strive to be the best and persevere is critical.

Great to connect, Robert. Let me know if I can ever help with anything - www.wickidpissapublicity.com

As a fellow Burbankian, welcome.

If only you were closer to Calgary, Canada. You sound like someone I would like to work with! But let's keep in touch for the eventual day that I'll be working with budgets that I can afford to bring someone in from the states. :)

Hi Kathleen! Thank you very much, I'm glad I was able to help out! :-) Keep at it! Hi Rey, thank you! Dana, thanks! I try to keep a pretty positive mindset and I feel like keeping a good energy about you kind of rubs off on others you know? It just makes for an all-around positive or enjoyable experience on set, around others, etc. :-) Thanks Josh! I'll definitely keep that in mind! Great site, and congrats on all of your achievements so far! :-D Blake! Awesome, a fellow Burbankian! lol, just went to a comedy show at Flappers in Burbank last night, and there were a few jokes dropped about "Burbankians". Was a pretty interesting show and some great talent showed up. Thanks for the comment Blake! :-) Hi Candice, yeah, money or distance tends to be the main issues that stop great art from happening. :-( BUT, I have faith that the day will come where you'll have the budgets you're looking for and have full control of your project and those involved. Definitely keep in touch, excited to hear how things progress!! :-) (also thanks!)

I hereby nominate Robert as "Mr. Positive Energy".

lol Thanks Blake. I'd like to thank the Stage 32, the academy, and the Army as well as any tough times I've been through for making this nomination possible. (and I'd like to thank Blake of course) :-)

Anything is possible if you just keep trying. Awesome to hear about your experiences. Keep up the good work!

Definitely love your energy! If all goes well, I'll be in LA for 3 months starting in January for a filmmaking course (dependent on if I get my grant to take the course). WHEN I get the money and I get down there, we'll have to go for coffee.

Hi Taylor! Thanks for the feedback! You do the same! :-) Candice, thank you so much! :-) Wow, that's awesome. I hope that works out for you, please keep me posted. I definitely wish you the best of luck with that. Sounds like a plan though. Let me know when you're in the area! Thanks for the invitation! :-D

Bobby is a fantastic guy. I have not had the pleasure to work with him professionally just yet, but it is just a matter of time. I did get to meet and speak with him on numerous occasions. He has great positive energy and can add a lot to your production. He works incredibly hard and takes nothing for granted. This hunger, desire, and work ethic is what a director dreams of finding.

When I get word about my grant application, I'll let ya know! I'd love to have some friends in LA before I get there. I only know one person down there, so it might help me adjust to my new surroundings to be able to make friends with people right away. Question for ya. Have you heard around the grapevine about New York Film Academy and if it's a solid school? It's the only one that I could find that has short term programs. I read really old reviews from 5-10 years ago, and the reviews then, weren't great. But from what I can put together, they've improved things quite a bit since then. Just curious to see what impressions are out there about that school from those in the film industry who might actually know or have heard about it. Maybe you have...

Candice: the New York Film Academy has buildings in my neighborhood in Burbank. Many of their students live in the apartments around here. They seem to be growing and getting more established. From what I can tell, there seems to be a lot of young foreign students attending their programs. I see their mini-film crews shooting in our alleys all the time.

Thanks Blake. So it sounds like the program has something good going on. If you do hear anything else, please let me know. Maybe if you have a chance sometime, ask the students themselves and let me know what they tell ya. Seeing as they tend to be in your neighborhood.

Wow David, thank you for that amazing comment! It means a lot to me for your to write something like that about me without ever having worked with me yet. I do look forward to working with you in the future as well. Thank you so much for all of the kind words. All I can say is that I see all of those qualities in you as well, and those qualities are definitely reaffirmed by the people you've worked with and the projects you've done.

Candice, interesting that you would bring up NYFA. I have actually done a few short/student films for a few of their students and actually spoke to a few of them about the school itself. There was one person in particular that explained to me that he had started there numerous years ago (I think 5+ years as well) but had to stop and ended up coming back this year and said it has dramatically improved. From their equipment, to the classes, to the teachers, to the campus' themselves, etc. HOWEVER, from an outsider's perspective, I feel that the quality of work or learning you will get from it is completely up to you, what you put into it, and your commitment to it, etc. The reason I say this is because I worked with 2 completely different directors/students from the same school and the quality of my experience working with each of them was completely different. One of them was a disorganized, horrible experience, but an experience nonetheless, and the other was a really enjoyable experience, where the director/student was really organized, on top of things, very hands on, knew exactly what he wanted, etc. BOTH were first year students, but only one of them is continuing on to the 2nd year. What Blake wrote is completely correct. Very many foreign students go to that school, some of them barely speaking English. (Both of the directors I did short films for were not from the US, nor this continent. I feel like that shouldn't really matter when it comes down to your decision though. There are ways around communication barriers, etc. I'd recommend looking into more schools other than NYFA and comparing, but if you are saying it has the exact program you are looking for, then maybe you can arrange a short trip to tour one of the campuses and check out their classes, etc. I know that before I ended up going to an acting school, I did TONS of research, and compared hundreds of schools to make sure I found the one that would give me exactly what I'm looking for. I hope some or all of this answers your question or at least helps out in some way and I definitely wish you luck in making your choice and attending the school of your choice! :-)

Hi Robert, reading your introduction gives me the butterflies. Glad we could connect. Candice, as for the NYFA, I travel to NYC quite a bit for acting projects and I've worked on shorts with upcoming NYFA directors as well. I have to agree with Robert, the quality has risen over the years and I see them more frequently shooting in NYC and they also seem to have better equipment than they used to have. I also agree, that you get out, what you put in. I studied the directing course at Fordham Films in Harrisburg and there were students, who didn't even know, how to properly use a computer, yet they weren't willing to put in the work or do their own research. I was able to graduate with honors from there, but I also put a ton of research and learning into it during my free time. The sky's the limit, if you put in the work, no matter, where you learn!

Thanks for the info, Robert. And I totally agree with the idea that what you put in, is what you get out. I'm going to learn as much as I can and meet / network with other filmmakers and to enjoy avoiding what is predicted to be the 2nd really nasty Calgary winter in a row, lol. I'm glad to hear that major improvements have been made on their programs, because even if you put everything into what you're doing, if a "link" in the proverbial chain is broken, well...you know the rest. I'm doing their 2 month program (can't afford the 1 yr program), so it'll be interesting to see how that goes. I'm looking forward to it to say the least.

Glad I could help! :-) Pretty interesting actually, someone from England just moved into my apartment building and started classes at NYFA (down the road) today. She's doing the full 3 year Bachelor's program though. I'm not too sure how the 2 month program is, but I definitely hope it teaches you some new things and you definitely get your money and time worth there! :-)