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  What's the difference between casting and auditioning? Let's talk about it. No one casts you, your work casts you. You know, actors love to get caught up in this idea that, you know, if I do enough yoga, or I drink enough wheatgrass, and I meditate, these are all really good th...

  What is script analysis? In this video, we'll break it down. Script analysis is a series of questions. Those questions are based on 15 guidepost, six viewpoints, four parts of vocal variation and the four agreements. Be aware of memorization. You know, everybody always thinks it...

  What is a motivational objective and how does it work? Let's explore. What is my motivation? Translate that into what am I fighting for? What do I want? So, modern acting is based on the works of Constantine's tennis Slosky and his books and actor prepares building a character,...

  How to make a self-tape audition? In this video, we'll pursue that question. How to make a self-tape audition? Well, please call it a self-DVR audition. There's no tape. There hasn't been tape for decades, folks. Now, being an actor is about being specific. So, whenever I h...

  Hello, in this episode, we're going to discuss what is the technique of classical acting? Stay tuned. The question of the moment is what is the technique of classical acting? Okay, classical. Work on your voice, and speech, work on your body. If something is classic it's withst...

  So, hi folks. Hi. Hello. So, the question is how to get into character for a monologue? What do you think about that, Emily? In this video, you will learn about how to get into character for a monologue. Here we go. First of all, there is no character, the character is you, or if it...

  Why is script analysis important? In this video, we will answer that question. Emily, why is scripted analysis important? Well, without it, it's just rote memorization or you're just flying by the seat of your pants, you're just going with whatever's in your gut in that...

  -So how does storytelling in business drive better results? It's really important to learn about this one. So in this video, we'll talk all about that. So, how does storytelling in business drive better results? Well, -I was just gonna ask you that. -Well, how does it? -Tell m...

  -So, what do actors do on a daily basis? In this video, we will tell you. So Tom, what do actors do on a daily basis? -Read a play a day -Hmm. -How about that? So voice, voice, voice work in your voice, work in your speech. The most challenging thing folks about being an acto...

  Why are Shakespeare's play still relevant today? In this video, we'll answer that question. For the actor, he's the guy that will consistently make you better. For the layperson, Shakespeare allows us to see how little we'vechanged in 450-plus years. There are cautionar...

  How to find a good monologue for an audition in this video, we will explore. Remember folks, you can't play. What you can't say. So how to find a good monologue for an audition. How about how to find six monologues that are always ready? So the actors love to panic or become what I ca...

  -So, how to produce your own film? In this video, we'll tell you all about that. -Okay, how to produce your own film? Never been a better time to do that. Okay. Just a little background. When I got out of theater school, there were three networks. There were scripted shows...

  What is a self-tape audition? Here we go. Well, let's start with vocabulary. How we speak to ourselves is critical. It's actually a self record or it's a self-DVR. It's a self digital video recording. Self tape there hasn't been videotape for well over 30 years. So, l...

  Stage acting versus screen acting? That's the question, here we go. Stage acting versus screen acting? Always play the room you're in, always play the lens you're on. As an actor, you have to make these adjustments in nanoseconds. Do not worry about what you can't co...

  -How to be a better director? In this video, we'll talk about that. So, Tom, how can I be a better director? -Hmm. Study acting. How about better director? How about how to be a director, just to be a director. -Out there. -Folks, If you do not have the language of the actor, the ac...

  How to start an acting career? In this video, we'll answer that question. How to start an acting career? First, ask yourself, why do you want this as your career? Please know, my job as I see it is to give you time most effectively spent on earth. The school play was far less deman...

  -So, do you need good grades to become an actor? In this video, we will explore that question. So, Tom, do you need good grades to become an actor? -Many actors did not excel in high school or college because they were more driven emotionally than they were academically. Don't even tal...

  -So, how to create a dramatic monologue? In this video, we will explore that question. So, how to create a dramatic monologue? How do I do that, Tom? -15 guide posts, 6 viewpoints, 4 parts of vocal variation and the 4 agreements. We call this the unshakable skill set also known as the...

  -So, is becoming an actor luck? By the end of this video, you will know. So, is becoming an actor luck? I don't know Tom, what do you think? -He's becoming a doctor luck. He's becoming a pilot luck, right? Hope is not a life strategy, develop an unshakable skill set. The id...

  -So, what is the difference between a gift and a talent? In this video, we'll talk about that question. So, what is the difference between a gift and a talent? Tom, what's the difference? -What's the difference? Do you have a talent for working? Beware of the word gift...

  Do you need to go to college for acting? In this video, we will explore that question. So, do you need to go to college for acting? Why do you want to go to college for acting? College, if you are undecided about being an actor can be very helpful. I'm a big believer in a liberal arts...

  Benefits of vocal training? Here we go. Your connection vocally is your connection emotionally. When you really learn to speak and you really learn to make sound the world appears different to you. Every sound in spoken English is like a musical note. Do you have a relationship with th...

  How to perform on stage without being nervous? That's the question we'll answer in this video. Here we go. So, Tom, how do I perform on stage without being nervous? Tell me. The answer is beware of the word not, right. It's not how not to be nervous because even j...

  Hello, in this video you will learn how to get into character. That is the question. Well, actually, the character is in you. You don't get into it, it gets into you. So please write this down. That character is always me under these different given circumstances. You don't go somewher...

The question is how not to be nervous for an acting audition? In this video, you will learn the answer to that question. Well let's begin with this. Are you excited or are you nervous, right? It's really important. Actors will say, "I'm so nervous", and after I talk...

  So, you ask, how to start auditioning for TV? You need representation. How do I get representation? Actors come up to me and they always say, "How do I get an agent?". Sadly, some of them say, "How do I get an agent?", I go, "Well, first of all, it's an age...

Are online acting classes worth it? In this video, you will learn the answer to that question. What a question. How are we meeting each other right now? Are we not online? Sure we are. Okay, so, in the actor's life the beauty of this... I mean I've got a couple of colleagues whose work...

  So, in this video, we're going to talk about why I should take an acting class in college or high school? Right, I think high school is good too? Yep, high school is good too. Why should I do that? Well, what do you think? Well, I think it's really good for anybody. I mean...

So, you say you want to know how to start acting with no experience? In this video, you will get the answer to that query. Here we go. Acting is the seemingly invisible, seemingly ordinary, art of relaxation under extraordinary circumstances. So, what does that mean? It looks like behavior, that...

In this video, you will learn how to learn never memorize a monologue quickly. In the last video, we talked about how to choose a monologue for an audition and this is seemingly counterintuitive. But in choosing the material don't read the whole script first it's really important. You ne...