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In college, I had a teacher who talked about “Sherlock Holmes-ing” a text. Holmes could walk into a crime scene after other detectives had already searched it, clock the tiniest, most innocuous clue, ...
Here’s something I champion that often makes other acting folks skeptical: I don’t write on scripts. And I don’t encourage my actors to write on them either.
Let me explain.
In theatre, a marked-up ...
Y’all! Movie time.
There’s a brilliant short film from Pixar called Inner Workings. For years, I started my class with everyone sitting down and watching it.
It’s about a man named Paul (that’s neve...
We’re in that “thick” “part of the year again... The industry quiets down. Routines dissolve as we travel or have to be in multiple places at once. And the calendar is preparing to turn over into a ne...
I want to throw a slightly different perspective at you than what you’ve been taught about actions or tactics. Or maybe not. Maybe you’ve already heard this exact thing. Either way, it’s worth saying ...
I talk to a lot of actors who are worried about continuity on camera. We’ve all seen the mistakes in continuity... the Starbucks cup resting on a medieval banquet table, the phone switching hands mid-...
Did you know that a “beat” is most likely an incorrect translation from Stanislavski’s teachings?
How many times have you been told to find the beats... mark the beats...
And how many times have you...
Full disclosure: this phrase started off a little click-baity.
“Work to 99%” popped into my head as a blog title before it was fully formed as a concept. I wanted people to stop and read it or at lea...
Rehearse for Three Days or Three Months — Anything in Between is... well... “pleasuring oneself”
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There’s a quote attributed to Jerzy Grotowski that’s haunted me since my time at NYU’s Experimental Th...
Passion SUCKS
...And Why That’s Actually a Good Thing.
I was listening to my favorite podcast, Hidden Brain, the other day - highly recommend if you like being gently punched in the gut with insight - a...
Stop doing self-tapes. Start auditioning.
Y’all, real talk. If we were in the room auditioning in front of a Casting Director, we’d get one take. Maybe two, if they wanted to see an adjustment. Tha
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Why I’m Replacing Stanislavski’s “Objective” with “Expectation”
Y’all, real talk: I think the term “objective” has lost a lot of its value as we’re currently using it.
If you’ve been through any acting ...
