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"Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise."
—Claire Danes
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool."
—Judy Greer
#acting #coaching …

"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

Gave a direction to an #acting #coaching client for them to get the other character to do something very specific for them, and the following take opened up in new very interactive ways. Cool seeing a new layer get discovered. Specific almost always beats vague.

Working on a piece of text with an #acting #coaching client that speaks in broad, almost philosophical terms, and did a take that was them connecting with the other characters, very interpersonally. It brought out this calm, old rage-held-back that was totally unexpected and fascinating.

Walking through the beats of a scene with an #acting #coaching client, and they came up with a goal for their character at the end of the scene that I hadn't even considered before, and it really worked as a strong, new option. Always cool finding new things.

"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

"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 …

"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 you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft."
—Philip Seymour Hoffman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail."
—Riz Ahmed
#acting #coaching

"For me, our job as artists is to serve the story, serve the director, and serve the fellow actors. And if you do that, by osmosis you’re serving yourself because you’ll get the best out of yourself."
—David Oyelowo
#acting #coaching

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
—Bruce Lee
#acting #coaching

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
—Bruce Lee
#acting #coaching

"When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me, because my acting was atrocious to say the least!"
—Chuck Norris
#acting #coaching

"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 experience with something sweet behind it."
—Humphrey Bogart
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
—Morgan Freeman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously."
—Cate Blanchett
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously."
—Cate Blanchett
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Come to work on time, know your lines and don't bump into the other actors."
—Spencer Tracy
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music or a book can make a difference. It can change the world."
—Alan Rickman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best."
—Nathan Fillion
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
—Alex Borstein
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
—Julie Andrews
#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

"It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it."
—Spencer Tracy
#acting #coaching

"Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different."
—Ian Mckellen
#acting #coaching

"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

"One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."
—Johnny Depp
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Acting, for me, is giving to your co-actors."
—Rajkummar Rao
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"Acting, for me, is giving to your co-actors."
—Rajkummar Rao
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Running a scene with an #acting #coaching client, and found a moment where their character's view of the other character changes. We then added an understanding, that alloyed with the realization, and found a new dimension to it. Good to see.

Exploring a character's self-absorption, an #acting #coaching client found an inner life for the character filters how that character experiences others. Like how a prism slits light, character's inner state transforms who others are to them. Cool discovery.

"Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise."
—Claire Danes
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously."
—Cate Blanchett
#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 get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft."
—Philip Seymour Hoffman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"For me, our job as artists is to serve the story, serve the director, and serve the fellow actors. And if you do that, by osmosis you’re serving yourself because you’ll get the best out of yourself."
—David Oyelowo
#acting #coaching

Started working with an #acting #coaching client on making quick acting choices well. In about 15 minutes we got a sequence to poignance such that I really wanted to see what happens to the character next and wanted to help them. So good to see quick work land.

Had an #acting #coaching client do one line from the scene five times in a row (with direction), and the character grew from each, got enriched. Very next take of the scene: new flashes of fire in their character's eyes, real, vital and great to see.

"When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me, because my acting was atrocious to say the least!"
—Chuck Norris
#acting #coaching

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
—Mikhail Baryshnikov
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
—Morgan Freeman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise."
—Claire Danes
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
—Bruce Lee
#acting #coaching

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
—Bruce Lee
#acting #coaching

"It’s tough, acting. you have to walk two lines of a tightrope. there’s the all consuming fear of failure… and there’s also confidence – you have to be confident to try new things – And they fight each other all the time."
—Jessica Chastain
#acting #coaching

Had an #acting #coaching client get some material into their physical self more (as opposed to their mind) and we did a couple takes that had new ways for the crux of the scene to play. So cool to see that whole other way of engaging.

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
—Morgan Freeman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."
—Johnny Depp
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail."
—Riz Ahmed
#acting #coaching

"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail."
—Riz Ahmed
#acting #coaching

"For me, our job as artists is to serve the story, serve the director, and serve the fellow actors. And if you do that, by osmosis you’re serving yourself because you’ll get the best out of yourself."
—David Oyelowo
#acting #coaching

"The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last."
—Henry Cavill
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Had an #acting #coaching client do a physical rehearsal technique I sometimes use, and immediately their upper spine changed and their voice shifted really nicely. Next take after the technique: the change partly remained, clarifying things as I'd hoped. Satisfying.

With an #acting #coaching client we discovered underlying sadness in the scene on one rehearsal. So had them play opposite: envision a joyful future for the character, and go again. We saw a matter-of-fact optimism wrap around that sadness in a really cool counterpoint.

"The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!"
—Ben Kingsley
#acting #coaching

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
—Mikhail Baryshnikov
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last."
—Henry Cavill
#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 …

"It’s tough, acting. you have to walk two lines of a tightrope. there’s the all consuming fear of failure… and there’s also confidence – you have to be confident to try new things – And they fight each other all the time."
—Jessica Chastain
#acting #coaching

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
—Bruce Lee
#acting #coaching

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
—Bruce Lee
#acting #coaching

Working on part of a scene with an #acting #coaching client, and had them do 3 takes one right after another. They took the direction I gave wonderfully, and was cool seeing the depth of their performance of this new role deepen before my eyes.

"Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best."
—Nathan Fillion
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise."
—Claire Danes
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening."
—Julianne Moore
#acting

"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 …

"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 you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft."
—Philip Seymour Hoffman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening."
—Julianne Moore
#acting

"Acting is experience with something sweet behind it."
—Humphrey Bogart
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"I think my high-school acting career lasted a day."
—Dennis Farina
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously."
—Cate Blanchett
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."
—Johnny Depp
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last."
—Henry Cavill
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Anyone have any good ideas for scenes for an actor that is female presenting with an age range of 9-14?
Film, TV or theatre.
#acting #actors

"Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different."
—Ian Mckellen
#acting #coaching

"If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft."
—Philip Seymour Hoffman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Gave an #acting #coaching client a very specific, even narrow note for a next take, and they brought a specificity to how they were entreating the other character that was new, and cool. Almost always: specific is more fun and interesting than vague.

"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail."
—Riz Ahmed
#acting #coaching

"Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise."
—Claire Danes
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results."
—James Dean
#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 …

An #acting #coaching client used the emotional/physical reality of their own day as a starting point for their character, and it was so interesting and fun. I'm a big fan of starting with what you have, and where you are, and letting that be some great raw material.

"If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft."
—Philip Seymour Hoffman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Directed an #Acting #Coaching client to choose the level of their character's mental illness for a take and we'd see if I could tell what they chose. To my surprise and joy, the impact on the final moments of the scene was terrifyingly new, and fascinating to discover.

"It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it."
—Spencer Tracy
#acting #coaching

"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
—Alex Borstein
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project."
—Alex Borstein
#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

"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

"If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft."
—Philip Seymour Hoffman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"I think my high-school acting career lasted a day."
—Dennis Farina
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Started some new material with an #acting #coaching client and seeing them finding new bits of business from the direction and then starting building out the character's moves and vibe in even the first few takes was so entertaining. Love my clients.

"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results."
—James Dean
#acting #coaching #inspiration