
2025-07-03 16:16:34
"Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances."
-Sanford Meisner
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances."
-Sanford Meisner
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you."
-Meryl Streep
#acting #coaching #inspiration…
"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
-Jason Bateman
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words."
-Sanford Meisner
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Vomit first. Then try to make something pretty with it."
-Tatiana Maslany
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"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
-Julie Andrews
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"Vomit first. Then try to make something pretty with it."
-Tatiana Maslany
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."
-Jake Gyllenhaal
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."
-Jake Gyllenhaal
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before."
-Michael Shurtleff
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"Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active."
-Michael Shurtleff
#acting #coaching #inspiration…
Just updated the links on my Soundcloud, like to my others sites and profiles.
All I have on there is 3 tracks of a little of my voice-over work.
Maybe at some point I will add to it. Feels like that might be a good idea, but hasn't been a high priority for me.
Meanwhile, I've had #acting
"Without wonder and insight, acting is just a business. With it, it becomes creation."
-Bette Davis
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying."
-Johnny Depp
#acting #coaching #inspiration
Re-reading my post "Lights Out" about acting and impermanence.
#acting
"I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character."
-Tim Curry
#acting
"I think my high-school acting career lasted a day."
-Dennis Farina
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words."
-Sanford Meisner
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
-Jason Bateman
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character."
-Tim Curry
#acting
"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."
-Meryl Streep
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."
-Rodney Dangerfield
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
-Jason Bateman
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent."
-Thornton Wilder
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people."
-Adam Driver
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"I love acting. It is so much more real than life."
-Oscar Wilde
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."
-Annette Bening
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."
-Annette Bening
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
-Mikhail Baryshnikov
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"What sets you apart can feel like a burden, but it’s not. A lot of the time it’s what makes you great."
-Emma Stone
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances."
-Sanford Meisner
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I think my high-school acting career lasted a day."
-Dennis Farina
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."
-Judi Dench
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you."
-Meryl Streep
#acting #coaching #inspiration…
"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
-Jason Bateman
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results."
-James Dean
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Come to work on time, know your lines and don't bump into the other actors."
-Spencer Tracy
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable."
-Jack Lemmon
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication."
-Marlon Brando
#acting #coaching #inspiration …
"One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy."
-Denzel Washington
#acting #coaching #inspiration
Just had an #acting #coaching client with a new piece of material find the last line of it totally anew as the character was deeper from our having worked on the speech. So cool to see.
#ActingCoach
"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
-Jason Bateman
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life."
-Oscar Wilde
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character."
-Tim Curry
#acting
"I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
-Michael Caine
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
-Michael Caine
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."
-Jake Gyllenhaal
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying."
-Johnny Depp
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances."
-Sanford Meisner
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character."
-Tim Curry
#acting
"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."
-Annette Bening
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."
-Rodney Dangerfield
#acting #coaching #inspiration
Introduced an #acting #coaching client to new material and so cool to see them finding the character. The specifics already started to emerge on the second reading.
#ActingCoach
"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."
-Jake Gyllenhaal
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting."
-Rufus Sewell
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."
-Jason Bateman
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself. That is the best combination."
-Judi Dench
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active."
-Michael Shurtleff
#acting #coaching #inspiration…
"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way."
-Aristotle
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"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
-Stella Adler
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"Only you can be you. What a privilege! Nobody can reach what you can if you do it. So do it. We need your best, your voice, your body."
-Stella Adler
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I think the process of making anything is going as far afield as you can and then reconnecting to the original impulse. That’s the gig."
—Lin-Manuel Miranda
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
-Michael Caine
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."
-Jake Gyllenhaal
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggressive desires. The most dangerous types are those who repress their desires or deny the existence of them, often acting them out in the most underhanded ways."
-Robert Greene
#acting
"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously."
-Cate Blanchett
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"Comedy is acting out optimism."
-Robin Williams
#acting #coaching #inspiration #ActingCoach
Working with an #acting #coaching client on a great speech, and the tremor that came into and under their voice as they delivered was really a thing of beauty just now. So glad to see them finding that.
#ActingCoach
"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."
-Annette Bening
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy."
-Denzel Washington
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."
-Jake Gyllenhaal
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."
-Judi Dench
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent."
-Thornton Wilder
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggressive desires. The most dangerous types are those who repress their desires or deny the existence of them, often acting them out in the most underhanded ways."
-Robert Greene
#acting
"An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words."
-Sanford Meisner
#acting #coaching #inspiration
"I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
-Michael Caine
#acting #coaching #inspiration