The best audition tip ever? Go perform! Somewhere, anywhere. Find out what you are made of and if you can hold an audiences’ attention with your character needs and wants. Do it in an audition room or a workshop, by…
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Perhaps the best Audition Tip ever….
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Posted in Acting Technique, Actor Advice, Auditions, Uncategorized
Gary Oldman in the DARKEST HOUR and what he told me…
In December last year, with all the film screenings for awards season, there was one performance I had to see twice. It was both inspirational and so inconceivably wonderful; that of Gary Oldman’s as Winston Churchill. Mr. Oldman was at…
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Posted in Acting Technique, Actor Advice
What these Olympians can teach us…
Feb 20, 2018 Goals Setting sure, but then …Train and Practice! February every 4 years is sacrosanct time to me and my family. Watching these Olympics in Pyeyongchang, I so admire the immense efforts of Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Schiffrin in their last races. They…
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Posted in Acting Technique, Auditions
Specificity of Action at the start of your audition
How to make your audition tape pop right at the top? A basic tool we sometimes forget…. (The book I reference to choose a strong opening tactic is : Actions: The Actors’ Thesaurus (Paperback) by Marina Caldarone , Maggie…
1st Video Advice to Book More Acting Jobs
“Are you ready?!?” Take the time to do this, right at the start of the audition. And what’s a “butt breathe” ? mmm, more on that and really tapping into your creative source soon! Caryn West is an acting teacher,…
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Posted in Acting Technique, Actor Advice, Auditions, Observations
There Are Too Many Actors…
There Are Too Many Actors … “Who Say They Are Actors” Okay, I got your attention. But there is genuine concern that our culture of “get it quick” often derails the path to true craft and expert skills that…
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Posted in Acting Technique, Actor Advice