The 10 Qualities of an Actor One of the first things my class ever discussed with one of my favorite acting teachers John Osborne Hughes. And it has stuck with me for all these years. I highly recommend signing up for a class with him the next time he is in town. I believe these are […]
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The 10 Qualities of an Actor
One of the first things my class ever discussed with one of my favorite acting teachers John Osborne Hughes. And it has stuck with me for all these years. I highly recommend signing up for a class with him the next time he is in town. I believe these are also the qualities of a […]
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BAD SHOW! – How to survive a disastrous performance
It is inevitable, even with a well-oiled show, that we will have one VERY BAD performance. Everything will go wrong: lights will blow out, set pieces will break, offstage microphones will be switched off, a zipper will get stuck. And, to make matters worse the audience will be in a collectively judge-y state of mind […]
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What Aspiring Young Actors Can Learn From Leonardo DiCaprio
With the actor’s latest being in ‘J.Edgar’ directed by Clint Eastwood, he shares how much he prepares for his roles and how this most recent frustrated and fascinated him all at the same time. After two decades of working as a professional actor, he reveals that it is this character that he hated playing the most. ‘Why’ […]
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Ask Me! – In an audition, where do you look?
Q: talkingbreakfast asked At a singing audition, where do you look? At the casting directors, somewhere else? (Also, I should’ve asked this before my audition.) A: Hey talkingbreakfast! Thanks for asking – GREAT question. Whether you’re in a singing audition or a straight, theater audition doing a monologue, you should pick a spot on the wall […]
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March 27, 2012 
