The steps you take in the first stages of your acting career will have a huge impact on your entire acting future. One of the most important decisions you can make when embarking on your journey to becoming a … Read More
Today marks the first anniversary of the tragic and premature death from a drug overdose of master of the Method, Philip Seymour Hoffman. If it is true, as Richard Brody writes in The New Yorker, that: “Work that’s … Read More
Happy New Year! We hope that you all had a festive and relaxing Christmas, and are raring to go for 2015! The arrival of January can mean only one thing for the cream of the acting crop – awards … Read More
“At times I thought he was me” Eddie Redmayne When talking about his portrayal of renowned scientist Stephen Hawking in the upcoming Oscar contender The Theory of Everything, Eddie Redmayne encapsulates the essence of a tried and tested method … Read More
“Actors should…wear a costume, adjust the volume of their voice, achieve physical transformation into the character they portray, allocate their muscular energy efficiently, and model themselves into anything in gesture, voice or musical speech.” Yevgeny Vakhtangov Movement and, … Read More
“It’s your own self-serving stuff that gets in the way. You get out of the way of yourself to be able to express what it really is. It’s all about getting back to being free of yourself.” Al … Read More
In a recent article in The New Yorker, Richard Brody asked whether method acting is destroying actors, citing the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Shia LeBeouf (pictured) as examples. Brody argued that the act of linking … Read More
“An actor’s job is to “feel on cue.”” Backstage Every great actor uses their own lives to the full, and constantly exercises their emotional muscles. One of the most daunting and challenging parts of being an actor is portraying extreme … Read More
“films don’t begin only when the camera starts rolling” Daniel Day Lewis Most headlines you read about Daniel Day-Lewis, will talk about the “madness” of his method. Is it “madness” or a unique and brilliant brand of method acting … Read More
When someone watches you, you change. Research conducted in the personal training industry has discovered that when someone is simply watched while they work out, they greatly increase their efforts. This is bad news for actors. How to Avoid ‘Overacting’ … Read More