Getting to Know You

Getting to Know You

In this episode, Milton draws parallels between the actor’s and writer’s process when it comes to creating a character. Both the actor and the writer have to live with a new character, talk with them, walk with them, get to know them fully, inside and out. The improvisational exercises we do as actors allow us to see how they behave, how they see the world. It’s not about getting the answer right, it’s a process of discovery that only comes from living with the character, and continually being curious about who they are. Through our contemplation, inquiry and experimentation they emerge. Every discovery we make is like another adjustment to a manual camera lens, and slowly, over time, the person comes into focus. Have a question for Milton? Email him at questionsformilton@gmail.com Brought to you by Anchor.fm and weaudition.com

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Tomatoes, Cucumbers & Toilet Paper

Tomatoes, Cucumbers & Toilet Paper

We've all been there. You look at your script and see something that resembles a list. What do most actors do? They act it as a list and by doing so, sound like they're running down a dull inventory o...

27 Huhti 202013min

A Sequence of Thoughts, Not a Cluster of Words

A Sequence of Thoughts, Not a Cluster of Words

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content! ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠⁠⁠ When Milton recently asked Gustavo Dudamel, the conductor of the Los Angeles Philh...

21 Huhti 20208min

Dear Milton, Please Help Me

Dear Milton, Please Help Me

In the Summer of 1980 during the run of a regional production of Boys in the Band, Milton wrote a letter to Stella Adler asking for her guidance. She responded: “The actor in you is beginning to feel ...

21 Huhti 20205min

Building a Believable Backstory

Building a Believable Backstory

Whether you’re auditioning for a pilot or in rehearsal for a Clifford Odets play, our jobs as actors is to launch, imaginatively, into the world of the piece, and open ourselves to its influence. But ...

14 Huhti 202017min

I Relate to Her

I Relate to Her

As actors, most of us have had the experience of closely identifying with a character we’re playing. In this episode, Milton talks about the mistake so many of us make when we feel like we relate to a...

6 Huhti 202011min

A Brief History of Acting

A Brief History of Acting

How did we end up studying acting in the first place? In this episode, Milton puts his teaching in context by giving us a brief history of modern acting technique; from 19th-century realism to Konstan...

30 Maalis 202011min

Talk It Out

Talk It Out

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content!⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠⁠⁠In this episode, Milton talks about how writing and thinking are great ways for acto...

23 Maalis 202021min

Deadly, Deadly Facts

Deadly, Deadly Facts

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content!⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠⁠⁠Contrary to popular belief, just because you can answer “who, what, why, where, when...

21 Maalis 202014min

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