Last week, I told you why life is your greatest acting teacher. This week, I’m going to give you a few tips on how to embrace the process.
1. Welcome every opportunity for experience.Life is filled with experiences, and so is every acting job! That means every chance you get to dive into life and the gifts it offers you, do it without hesitation. I made a promise to myself that if I was going to be the best actor I could possibly be, I wouldn’t sell myself short when an experience that was either out of my comfort zone or out of my scope of reality. I knew if I was going to create dynamic, believable characters, having the insight to every human experience I could possibly have was going to be a significant component of that becoming a realization. I urge you to do the same. Engage all of your senses in what life offers you every day and use it to create award winning acting.
2. Use relationships to power your performance.As actors, we’re always experiencing relationships to someone or something. This is a powerful asset to your acting instrument. Superimposition, the concept that involves imposing someone in your life onto an actor/actress you’re working with, is one way to do so. If you want to take it
Leave a Reply