Questions and Answers
by Glen Bravestone (Six Nations Reserve, Canada) QUESTION: I am a line fiend – therefore I love memorizing lines and doing them over differently in my head. However, I sometimes become reliant on the other actor’s line cues when delivering my lines, some actors may not be so pinpoint with the script, and the end […]
by Tim (NY) QUESTION: I have a short career as a mostly ensemble actor but now got one of the leads in a comedy. I need to do scenes where i fall madly in love with a character played by an actress for whom I have had a (safe and secret) crush on for years. […]
by matthew williams (tacoma, wa, us) QUESTION: I am 19 an currently employed by the us army…but i would like to begin an acting career in movies, commercials… just anything that i could do because i enjoy the art… What would be the best approach to doing this (getting into a school for acting or […]
by Miranda (Louisiana) QUESTION: In a movie my brother and I are making a few of the characters have to die and I would love to be able to tell them as well as practice myself on being able to complete a death scene properly.Please help! ANSWER: What kind of dying scene is it? Do […]
QUESTION: I want to be an actor. But I cannot afford to pay for drama school. What would you recommend? Acting lessons? Private actinglessons? Books? Also know of any good acting teachers in london? One more thing. How would someone outside of the US. Become an actor there? ANSWER: Of course, it helps if you […]
by Simon (Belgium) QUESTION: I found your site, and wow,very informative and it helps me a lot… But before I buy books about how to act,I’d like to know if there are exercises on the website about declamation,diction,etc… and if it’s not the case, dou you have book to recommand me? Have a good day.Simon. […]
QUESTION: If i don’t have experience to draw on for a character, how do I use the ‘as if’ of Stanislavski? Is there a book where it is discussed? ANSWER: If you haven’t already done so, check out this information on Stanislavki’s acting technique and the “magic if”. You’ll see that using the magic if […]
QUESTION: How much will I be paid yearly as an actor and how much will acting school cost? ANSWER: I’m afraid there is no straight answer to either of these questions because actors’ salaries vary immensely and so does the cost of tuition at different acting schools. In terms of salary, all I can say […]
by Dave (Italy) QUESTION: I’ve never acted before but I recently discovered that acting is what I want to do in my life. Once I finish high school, I would like to join an important acting school but I know I will have to do an audition first. How can I do a good audition […]
by Justine (London) QUESTION: When acting and talking at the same time sometimes I don’t know what to do with my hands movements, WHAT SHOULD I DO? ANSWER: Nothing. Don’t do anything with your hands at first. Hand movements when acting often reflect nervous energy or the fact we’re not connected to the material. Either […]