Recognize in your despair you will be vulnerable to tricksters and hucksters who will sell you false hopes. Remind yourself no one beat you out for the part. There were intangibles greater than that. If you believe you could’ve done or handled it better, then get back...
Step 7: Spend time cultivating and being grateful for people who appreciate and believe in you. Generosity is the best gift of all. Actor’s Generosity The highest compliment an actor can give to another is “they were generous.” Many years ago, I worked with a...
STEP 6 – Stop complaining! Don’t sit around waiting for the phone to ring! Create your own work. Embrace the joy of creation. I grew up with 2 brothers and a sister. As you can imagine, there was a lot of complaining and blaming going on. If we went running to...
Elaboration of Step 5 in “The 12 Things You Must Do to Become a Better Actor” Develop discipline and a capacity for hard work. Continue to train regardless of success. There are so many books, lists, and quotes telling us the secrets of success, how to...
Another banality of the coaching/teaching industry that needs to be addressed, is the mind-numbing cliché that in order to act, you have to “use yourself.” My question is, “which of your many selves are you using?” We are multiples who have multiple relationships with...
If the goal is to be authentic then the only way to be authentic is to be authentic. Therefore, an actor needs to learn how to consciously do what they are doing unconsciously anyway. The underlying premise of what follows is rooted in the belief that standing or...
