Playing Monsters
Happy Halloween! It’s that spooky season. The perfect time to talk about playing monsters! So, let’s say you’ve been cast as the next Hannibal Lector, or snagged the role of …
Happy Halloween! It’s that spooky season. The perfect time to talk about playing monsters! So, let’s say you’ve been cast as the next Hannibal Lector, or snagged the role of …
Romeo & Romeo—What It Really Takes To Be A Good Actor Last month I got to attend the Utah Shakespeare Festival. In fact I went several times. Living in Salt …
Your POV is super important in your acting. No one in the world is going to see things exactly the way you do. Which means no one can play a …
What Skills Are in Your Basket? Let’s take a minute to talk about what those skills might be and more importantly which of those are totally accessible to you right …
So here’s a dilemma. We have to learn our lines to play our parts. But once we’re playing them it needs to seem like we’ve never said those lines before. …
You’ve probably heard the term “button” in acting but may not know what it is. Basically, it means the thing you do to wrap up the scene at the end. …
Transitions and How to Use Them! You’ve probably heard about transitions in acting but you may not know exactly what they are or when to use them. And you may …
Here’s the thing, if you are reading this there’s a huge chance that you are human. And that means you 100% understand honest human behavior AND you’re well versed in it.
That’s GREAT news.
Now all we have to do is get you to allow your humanity to sally forth while under imaginary circumstances.
Aye, there’s the rub . . . Read more . . .
I talk to a lot of actors. Training them, helping them find their way, understanding their needs and burning desires.
One question that comes up a lot is: “How do I get a better agent?” (So I can book more work and get more fulfillment as an actor, etc.)
I really started thinking about that and what came to me was not the usual – Network! Send out postcards! Get referrals! All of those can be helpful to a point but what you really want to do is – – –
Actors and emotions – they go hand in hand. Every artist has an instrument – piano, paint and canvas, pen and paper. Art is supposed to make the observer FEEL. …