In Los Angeles he took lessons from Larry Moss who is also a disciple of Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and Sanford Meisner to fine-tune his craft. These same mentors of his also became the personal coach to acting great Leonardo Di Caprio in the movie " The Aviator " and in " Blood Diamond". Hillary Swank in "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby", Helen Hunt in "As Good As It Gets", Michael Duncan in " The Green Mile".