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"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously."
—Cate Blanchett
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"One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."
—Johnny Depp
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"Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best."
—Nathan Fillion
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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Worked on an accent with an #acting #coaching client and cool seeing the material stretch and adjust, the character change but also having some of the performance from before we added the accent start to find its way back. So cool to build that dimension of the voice.

"Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people."
—Adam Driver
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"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself. That is the best combination."
—Judi Dench
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"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."
—Meryl Streep
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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
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"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
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Working material with an #acting #coaching client, we found an inner, lower, layer going on with the character's feelings and exploring that gave them a new life and liveliness to what the character is saying. Stronger foundation makes a stronger character.

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 gratification comes in the doing, not in the results."
—James Dean
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"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
—Mikhail Baryshnikov
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"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
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"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
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"Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job."
—Joan Rivers
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"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

Worked with an #acting #coaching client on techniques to help one react and be (as opposed to get in one's head and have pressure twist things). Borrowed some from Meisner and my own creation, found some depth (and more) organically; real reactions can make things fun.

"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
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"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

"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

"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

"Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job."
—Joan Rivers
#acting #coaching

Worked with an #acting #coaching client on #regionalisms, #accents and

Working with an #acting #coaching client on different elements of their vocal production technique and character inner life, and wonderful seeing and hearing them use an increased awareness of how they're producing speech to do new things.

"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
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"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself. That is the best combination."
—Judi Dench
#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

"I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge."
—Hayden Christensen
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"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

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

"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
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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

"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

Worked with an #acting #coaching client on vocal technique, and great seeing/hearing them find new ways to use their voice. Opened up some of a new dimension with how their #voice resonates, giving option…

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

"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself. That is the best combination."
—Judi Dench
#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

"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

"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

"When you work on anything, you want to find the range of impulses. which ones get portrayed is another question, but you want to have that complexity and that fullness, even if you’re playing a cartoon character."
—Willem Dafoe
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Had an #acting #coaching client read some new material, and already could sense some of the depths they get to with it, which has me excited for what they find with it. Even in an ice cold reading, the resonances are real.

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

"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."
—Meryl Streep
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"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

"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

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.

Had an #acting #coaching client do a rehearsal technique "casting" other role as someone from their life. Then, on the next take as written, they opened up a whole other register in their voice. Really cool to see them find a new possible side to the character.

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

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

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.

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.

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

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
—Julie Andrews
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"Come to work on time, know your lines and don't bump into the other actors."
—Spencer Tracy
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"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

"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

With an #acting #coaching client explored a character's baseline, kind of default, vocal resonance/how they use their voice. It was really cool to find the parts of the scene where the material demanded their voice deviate from their default, revealed some key moments.

"Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people."
—Adam Driver
#acting #coaching #inspiration

"I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself. That is the best combination."
—Judi Dench
#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

"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

"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

Working on character habits with an #acting #coaching client and got to see them remembering, viscerally, an event from the character's past during their line with such depth, and reality of their memory as the character. The movement and thought was beautiful.

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

"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."
—Meryl Streep
#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
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"I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge."
—Hayden Christensen
#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

With an #acting #coaching client, we tried what we thought was the opposite intent of the scene. Remarkably, we found the writing not only tolerated it, but allowed a wider scope of feelings and goals than we'd first assumed. Cool discovery.

"Acting, for me, is giving to your co-actors."
—Rajkummar Rao
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"Vomit first. Then try to make something pretty with it."
—Tatiana Maslany
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"The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last."
—Henry Cavill
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"I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge."
—Hayden Christensen
#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

Working with an #acting #coaching client, we found our way to have them engage with the core of the character more and so their chest voice engaged more too; such a cool way to invoke technique through emotion (the opposite can also be done).

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

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