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Academy Award nominee, Charlotte Rampling recently said, ”˜”˜I’ve always, since the beginning, had my antenna out, like, ”˜You can’t get me.’ It makes you more interesting when people know they can’t get you.’’ She should know. She’s been in the business for over 45 years, made over 100 films and TV projects and started in the business whenRead more

Be yourself. We hear that all the time now from self-help books to TV shows, in songs and philosophies, indeed, even in the foundation of what it is I’ve been teaching actors for almost 20 years. Being yourself is all we can ever be. To think we will ever be anything but ourselves is not only pointless, butRead more

They say when you assume you make an ass out of you and me. Well that’s for sure. But we still do it all the time. We get tiny parcels of information about things and then immediately fill in the blank based on our own stories. We jump to conclusions created out of our own limited understandingRead more

If you’re reading this you’ve probably graduated from the 3rd grade. That means there’s no going back. That’s a good thing. You got your lessons and are moving on up. So why is it we don’t trust that the things we learned when we were at a certain phase in life have stayed with us? Life isRead more

I was in Fiji a couple weeks ago enjoying the clear blue skies and equally clear blue waters, not a care in the world, when I looked at myself in the hotel mirror. Womp Womp. Cue Horror Music! Who the hell put those there? And why? Why would they do this and destroy an otherwise amazing vacation?Read more

It’s pilot season! A lot of people are booking work, and a lot of people aren’t. If you find yourself in the second group, don’t freak out. Who books work and how it happens is a complex process and there are no hard and fast rules. Brie Larson said as much after winning her OscarRead more

There are many. It’s conditional. We equate love (receiving it more than giving it, but sometimes that too) with an absurd non-mathematical equation: If I do this, I’ll be loved. If I don’t do that, I won’t. It’s illusory. The premise that perfectionism is built on is faulty. That is; there’s something fundamentally wrong with us that needsRead more

It’s as simple as this: Just try to love yourself as much as you can no matter where you are on your journey. And here’s why that’s so damn hard. There’s life. Reality. Existence. Whatever you want to call it. Then there are the illusions of life. The ideas. The lies. The smoke-&-mirrors. We compare whereRead more

Why do we think everyone else’s life (and therefore, story) is more exciting, hot, popular, interesting, dynamic, or important than our own? Our life’s story ”“ our autobiography ”“ is everything we are pulling from on a day-to-day basis consciously, and unconsciously. It often drives us, creates habits, evokes fears and desires, creates our temperament and work ethic.Read more

What homework are we talking about here? Your algebra test? Your history lesson? Reading the first chapter of you social studies book? Acting. Is. Not. Homework! Nor is character study. You read a scene (or the play). If it’s not written in Swahili, you probably understand what’s going on. The guy is breaking up with his girlfriend.Read more