GERALD GARTH

“With so much shade in the world, why not walk in light… when you can at least?  We’re all human, but strive for better.  Try for different.”

It’s okay to be inspired!

Oprah's Top Ten:

• What you put out comes back.

• You define your own life.  D...

Today would have been the 75th birthday of my grandfather, my PawPaw.  “Frog,” as he was affectionately called was a spitfire of a man—a lion and a lamb.  A man of average height, but built like a tank.  He got the nickname Frog from his running days.  While he was str...

I once read that an oppressed people long for a group to oppress.  Does this explain why groups are so quick to divide?  All these subcategories!  I won’t even begin to ramble off the titles and designations groups have.  Preferences are one thing, but to be rude,...

As an actor, as anyone knows there are always dissenters in this business.  You’re always too “something,” add a little of this, less of that, blah, blah, blah.  Still, I was actually a bit surprised to hear that I was “too tall” to be a leading man.  Gratefully so, I...

I have a longstanding mantra about being specific, always purposing myself to be as specific as possible—that goes from prayers to potential mate to orders at the drive through.  But one example especially is last New Year’s Eve as I was flying into Las Vegas with my f...

All it takes is one.

One person to get you. To see your talent. To take a risk on you. To believe in you. 

And we’ve all seen it; it can all change in a heartbeat. 

The business is all about perception. Nobody knows who you are or what you’re about or how extraordinar...

If you’re going to think thoughts you might as well think big ones.

First off it’s free. Second it feels better to think in terms of possibility and creativity, rather than thinking thoughts that are tethered to our conditioned way of seeing things. That is, i...

Viola Davis has openly addressed the comments made by New York Times writer Alessandra Stanley. Stanley recently said Davis was “less classically beautiful” while referring to Shonda Rhimes, producer of How to Get Away With Murder, as an angry black woman.

In response...

Sesame Street has become synonymous with childhood wonder and knowledge.  For generations, the show has offered learning of ABC’s and 123’s through songs, activities, and the like.  But outside of these key lessons, Sesame Street has made it a point to showcase diversi...

It’s real easy to get caught up in being the next who’s who, especially as an artist.  It seems our work, our presence, our very being is compared to someone else.  “With your voice, you could be the next James Earl Jones?” or “You look like Morris Chestnut!”