One simple step that will make you a better actor.
Great acting is coming out of sessions of the American School of Acting. And here’s why. Students have laid the foundation of their...
Performance anxiety & celebrating being human!
I get approached frequently by acting students across Europe, because they all seem to have a common problem. And that is: how do you...
Shy Actors Rule.
This post is for the introverted actor who quietly suffers in a world of extroverts. The world labels us as ‘shy’, and yet we have this...
Acting = Listening
Do you want learn to act? You've got to learn to listen. The self-centered actor thinks that acting is about the words. This type of...
What are you fighting for? Hacking a flat scene.
"Use your weaknesses. Aspire to the strength." Laurence Olivier As an actor, have you ever wondered why a scene that you're working on...
Audition Pep Talk 2: Dig for gold.
The worst crime that we can commit at an audition is to come totally unprepared. It would be both a waste of our time, and the production...
Audition Pep Talk 1: Altered Attitudes
SCENE: You climb the stairs and reach the top. You open the door on the right. And there they sit – like 26 identical Agent Smiths, all...
Diary of a TV shoot: My day with Geoffrey Rush and Jodhi May on Nat Geo's 'GENIUS'
Here's what happened today in Prague - with a few trade tips thrown in for young artists - as I did my bit on National Geographic's first...
Lesson takeaway tip: “Act Like You Don’t Know How to Act.”
Next week at YADA we’re going to produce a stunning revue of video monologues that spotlight the talents of YADA artists. I’m proud of...
What Does it Take to Become a Star?
There are two stories in the media this week that slammed into each other in my mind: stardom and the effect of social media. I've met...
