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Misha Collins Personality

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"The philosophical underpinnings of my approach to acting are that there are universal human qualities, and that every character is actually available within each one of us, that if we tap down into that universal humanness, we can find whatever character it is that we need to play already there within ourselves, and it's just a matter of peeling apart the onion that is you and finding that character within you, because of this universal human quality."(“Misha Collins.”). The man who said this is the actor known as Misha Collins, and this is his philosophy on acting. Even though he’s an actor however, does not mean that he is stuck up and rude. Unlike other actors, who usually think of themselves as superior to their audience, he cares a …show more content…

In his earlier years he was into acting and had several lead roles in many small plays, and continued his interest throughout his high school years. However “he felt insecure in pursuing a lifestyle based solely on acting, he abandoned the hobby, instead attending three different colleges and universities (Northfield Mount Hermon School, Greenfield Center School, and University of Chicago), studying social theory.”("The My Hero Project"). After graduating, he had many different jobs and went to many different places. Things he did before acting include being a construction worker, being a poet and having 2 poems published, interning at the white house, interning at the NPR show, starting his own software company, and he even went to places like Nepal or Tibet and stayed in the monasteries with the monks. After taking a random acting class, he decided to go back to acting. He had a small guest role on a tv show called Legacy, and a few other small parts on different movies, but nothing really big yet. His first regular role was on the tv series 24 in 2002, and a few years later, after a few more movies, he had a recurring role on ER. He had a few more guest appearances in some more popular shows like Monk, NCIS, or CSI: NY, until 2008 when he landed a main character role on Supernatural, which still is ongoing now. …show more content…

The goal was to obtain US government stimulus money (funding to aid endeavors to stop an economic recession) for non-profit initiatives.The pursuit of government funding was soon abandoned in favor of morphing into a privately organized charity, formerly known as MinionStimulus.”("History of Random Acts."). Originally started to “conquer the world, one random act of kindness at a time” Misha created his own charity organization, later renaming it “Random Acts”. He appointed a woman named Lisa Walker as director of charitable affairs to help him run it, and together they started to help the world. Today “Random Acts” has gone through many changes and in 2011 Lisa stepped down and was replaced with Cinde Monsam. It has gone much further than Misha originally thought it would being a non profit organization run completely by volunteers("History of Random Acts."). For some people it is about simple acts of kindness like carrying groceries for strangers, going to retirement homes or hospitals and entertaining the people, or paying a friend for a much needed vacation when they can’t afford one themselves, however for some people it was something much bigger(Prudom). “Random Acts” has affected different places around the world, for example Misha himself went to Haiti, after

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