Category: Acting
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Why Acting isn’t Therapy Even Though it Feels Amazing
Why Acting Isn’t Therapy Even Though it Feels Amazing I had the great good fortune to hear an actor speak last year who said something to the effect of, “when I stopped using acting as an opportunity to express myself, that’s when I became an actor.” And that– whoooo- I felt that. I felt that… Read more
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It’s Okay if you Hate me
It’s Okay if you Hate me That favorite acting teacher from my first post also gave us this little gem: “The theater isn’t interested in perfect people.” Truly, how BORING would any story be if all the characters were perfect and made right and perfect choices at every turn? That theater, and by extension film,… Read more
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Rejecting Hope, Choosing Dionysus, and Acting in Good Faith
When I was taking my requisite Humanities class in college, we pulled topics out of a hat and had to deliver an impromptu two minute speech to the class. I was assigned: “hope.” I thought I was sooo subversive for my hot take that hope was actually a bad thing. For context, I was in… Read more