The Artistry of Acting for Everyone
Stanislavski on Concentration and Attention
"An actor should be observant not only on the stage, but also in real life. They should concentrate with all their being... they should look at an object not as any absent-minded passerby, but with penetration. Otherwise their whole creative method will prove lopsided...
Self Consciousness and the Camera
An actor needs an audience. If an actor doesn’t have an audience, then the camera must replace that void. The audience, or the camera, provides a formality, a structure, that gives the actor permission to leave the area of “comfortable and casual.” It’s the formality...
The Stake of Truth
Foundations class is the heart of Actorium’s training. In this class we use the term: the stake of truth. Truth because, to the degree that you are able to work authentically as yourself, to that same degree you will be able to work authentically in your acting. Not...
Super Task
When you act, you must have a fire in your gut. It’s hidden. It’s far below the surface, but it is always there. A fire. You must sit with the burn. You must stand with the burn. You must speak with the burn. You must listen with the burn. Whether it is comedy or...
Individuality: It’s Going to Cost You
I’m very ambivalent about drama teachers and the classes that people go to. I think people’s instincts are crushed by bad drama teaching. I’ve watched it happen...It’s so often that the people who are actually the best are the ones who are thrown out of drama school...
Dialogue Class
We practice speaking and listening. We don’t practice conversing. We practice nothing else but speaking and listening. Nothing else but that simple back and forth of communication. It is a conversation with no subject. But the first thing that happens when two people...