Don’t Sweat the Technique: Great Acting is About Much More

I love what I do, but I will be the first one to tell you I have the strangest career in the world: I teach people how to do what they do naturally on a daily basis. I coach them how to act; I coach them how to be; I coach them how to human. (That isn’t a typo—it’s like adulting.)
I realize actors have been sold on certain techniques that they swear by for success. And the truth is they work…they all work.
But acting techniques are like diets and methods to quit smoking. If applied and practiced, you will reach your goal. But you’re reaching that goal because you want to reach it, not because any one technique is better or more effective than another.
There isn’t a wrong way of how to be or become. Every way you are is right in that moment, in your craft, in life. How you get to any one place, thought, or emotion is insignificant; getting there is the goal. You are already great at being human. You are flawed but perfect, ignorant but learning, dying but living. You are all these things without thinking of how to be or become them, so the secret is to move subconsciously in your craft and characters.
READ: Instinct Is More Powerful Than Technique
The challenge is learning how to

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Don’t Sweat the Technique: Great Acting is About Much More

I love what I do, but I will be the first one to tell you I have the strangest career in the world: I teach people how to do what they do naturally on a daily basis. I coach them how to act; I coach them how to be; I coach them how to human. (That isn’t a typo—it’s like adulting.)
I realize actors have been sold on certain techniques that they swear by for success. And the truth is they work…they all work.
But acting techniques are like diets and methods to quit smoking. If applied and practiced, you will reach your goal. But you’re reaching that goal because you want to reach it, not because any one technique is better or more effective than another.
There isn’t a wrong way of how to be or become. Every way you are is right in that moment, in your craft, in life. How you get to any one place, thought, or emotion is insignificant; getting there is the goal. You are already great at being human. You are flawed but perfect, ignorant but learning, dying but living. You are all these things without thinking of how to be or become them, so the secret is to move subconsciously in your craft and characters.
READ: Instinct Is More Powerful Than Technique
The challenge is learning how to

Go to Source