If all we want is more of you than how could you ever be wrong? Think about it. In all your artistic endeavors, what has been asked of you? As a musician, poet, painter, writer, actor, sculptor, designer, novelist, singer ”“ the same has been asked of artists throughout history. We want more of you in there.Read more
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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
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
Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Fear and Failure, Right here, Right NOW | 0 comment | 14 March, 2016 | 0
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
The older I get and the more I think I know, the more I realize how little I actually do. It’s humbling. Scary. Weird. It’s also epic and beautiful and a point of entry into a world that offers us unlimited potential. But it requires us to go to those places we just don’t want to go. TheRead 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
What Alan Rickman & David Bowie Taught Us About Acting. We lost two greats from the acting and music world last week. Their insights about creativity and how to be a bad-ass will be missed. David Bowie and Alan Rickman. I thought it was worth sharing some of their inspiring words to help us have greater creativeRead more
How to Win Back Your Power We’ve all been there. In a meeting, negotiating what we want, during an interview or even sometimes in personal relationships. Something is said that makes us lose our centeredness (sometimes for a second, sometimes irreparably) ”“ and we no longer engage in that interaction from a place of empowerment. We start doubtingRead more
Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Fear and Failure, Just Say Yes | 0 comment | 11 January, 2016 | 0
6. Worse Case Scenario Exercise. If you were to do the one thing you knew you had to do to get where you wanted to go, what’s the worst thing that could happen? I mean the absolute worst thing? Go ahead and think through the worse case scenario in detail. For example: Let’s say you getRead more