Be Believable AND Interesting

Be Believable AND Interesting

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One of the cornerstones of being believable is the ability to connect to the material. And we have to know what it feels like to be connected, so that when we’re not, we do more work to get there. But being believable is just one prerequisite. We also have to be interesting to watch and listen to. Milton shares a story about his former business partner, actress Lee Grant who came up with the most amazing stories as excuses for why she was late for Stanford Meisner’s class. They weren’t just believable, they were fascinating performances. Have an acting question for Milton? Email him at: questionsformilton@gmail.com


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Putting It Together

Putting It Together

This week, Milton talks about how building different moments in your characters past reveals new information about them, and the importance of knowing exactly what that information is. We must ask the...

4 Aug 202010min

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

As we approach a play and begin letting the facts simmer in our imagination, we can begin to ask questions, as though we are interviewing our character. There are no right or wrong questions and no tw...

28 Jul 202014min

The Pitfall of Trying to Recreate a Performance

The Pitfall of Trying to Recreate a Performance

We often run into trouble when we try to recreate a performance. This is because the action “to do what I did yesterday” is different from the action that made you DO what you did yesterday. But there...

21 Jul 202012min

Acting is Hard

Acting is Hard

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content! ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠⁠⁠ It can often be overwhelming if you think about the massive responsibility we have...

14 Jul 202011min

Play the Cause, Not the Effect

Play the Cause, Not the Effect

This week, Milton talks about resisting the urge to play an effect, or a result. Often if we receive an “effect direction” such as: “it’s too big” or “it’s too small,” we will then overcompensate in t...

9 Jul 20209min

More Is More

More Is More

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content! ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe⁠⁠⁠ This episode is the third in our trilogy about making everything something. This w...

30 Jun 202017min

Everything is Something

Everything is Something

WANT MORE? Become a subscriber for bonus content! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/actingclass/subscribe This week’s episode is a continuation of last week’s topic. Milton talks about the impor...

23 Jun 202015min

Assume Nothing

Assume Nothing

In this episode, Milton takes a question from Benjamin in Canada who asked him to clarify an idea from our episode The Biggest Sin: beginning your work on a play as if you know nothing. Another way to...

16 Jun 202013min

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