Status is a great performance tool but what is the secret to high and low status?

What goes on inside an Actor’s head is one critical determining factor in their success. What do you tell yourself before an audition, before a show? After an audition, after a show? Continue reading »

That all elusive “Vulnerability”, but what is it?

One of the biggest barriers to remaining in-the-moment for actors is they often focus on themselves. Get the focus off yourself and onto the “Other” and you’ll be on the way to truly remaining in-the-moment!

I received a question from a student actor -

“Aren’t there two sides to the coin though, in the notion of re-acting to the other? I mean, they (if the “other” is a person) need something that originates from you to re-act to as well. I guess what I’m suggesting is that there must be a balance between the “who am I, what do I want, and how will I try to get what I want” and the purely “re-acting to the other”–sort of a Ying Yang of pure action/pure reaction.”

My answer -

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