Need a little inspiration? Our Backstage Experts are full of amazing advice to help move your career forward, and we wouldn’t want you to miss one drop of it. Here are five tips to keep in mind during the week ahead!
If you want to be a film actor, find an acting class for film actors.“Classes where performers are encouraged to speak up or entertain fellow students should be avoided at all costs. Projection is for legitimate theater, not film. You want to perform in a room full of actors who appreciate nuance. It must be a respectful, quiet place where everyone locks it up like they are on an actual location. You should not have to shout your scene over the din of a rowdy class like a commodities broker hoping to unload soybean stock before the bell rings.” —Ryan R. Williams
Be the most powerful force in the audition room.“An audience is stationary and receptive. When an actor is prepared, strong, and connected, he has the power to move that audience anyway he chooses. So it is in the audition. The people in the room are the passive presence; you are the active one. They are just sitting there feeling whatever they’re feeling, in whatever mood they’re in. You have the power to make them
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