Building a Character
There are many roads in to building a character and, unfortunately, there is no paint-by-number approach. It's great as an actor to play with several different techniques.
17 Feb 18min
Connecting Through Specifics
When an actor does not connect, you catch them "acting". It doesn't matter if it's a television series or a play. Specificity helps us connect.
10 Feb 16min
Fighting Clichés through Specificity and Events
We have a tendency to leap to clichés because the dialogue seems to lead us there. There's a way to fight this.
3 Feb 16min
An Encyclopedic Possibility of Choices
It's very difficult to believe that there is not just one correct choice. As long as an actor is clear what the text is about, there are countless roads in to the experience of the world of the play.
27 Jan 17min
Your choices must feed the text
"Everything is something." It seems simple, but as actors we often skip over something that can give us the key we're looking for.
20 Jan 14min
Everything is Something
The craft of acting is there to give us confidence. If we're not confident it's easy to see, especially for people casting. One of our problems is that we often throw away lines, – or parts of lines, ...
13 Jan 15min
There is no shortcut to learning to act
There are all sorts of quick fix "schools" of acting, but it's an art form and it takes dedicated study to become confident in your technique.
6 Jan 5min
Impulse instead of Action
The purpose of the technique is to help open your talent, not strangle it. I'm suggesting that you think in terms of what the impulse is for a scene, – or what's going on with your character.
30 Dec 20254min
