Questions and Answers
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 […]
by Barry (Ireland) QUESTION: Should an Actor have a short routine everyday for at least two hours at home revising pieces etc? If so what else is good to fit into their routine? ANSWER: What a great question! Yes, if you can find 2 hours a day to work on your acting, a routine can […]
by Seb (Canada) QUESTION: thank you for your website, i’ve been finding it very helpful but I had a couple questions. I’m at university right now, aimed at a career that I hate. So I have been looking into other options; namely acting schools near me. There is a pretty good one near me but […]
by Megan (United States) QUESTION: Do you have to remember your lines? I mean I can do that. ANSWER: Great question! If you’re asked for a monologue for an audition, then you need to know your lines inside out. If you don’t know your lines very well, you could easily forget them with the added […]
QUESTION: I want to know if there are acting schools nearby were i live, also, i’m still in high school, so i would need a schedule to work with my school schedule. Can you please tell me where would be a good place to search for film acting schools for 16 year olds. Thank you. […]
by Laura (Maryland) QUESTION: What will make it easier for me to memorize lines? ANSWER: Hi Laura, Rehearsing! I think the best and easiest way to learn lines is working on the acting and actually not worrying about the lines. The more you rehearse, the more your lines will come naturally to you, until you […]
by Luca (Rome, Italy) QUESTION: I’m a 24 years old italian (25 in september) who’s trying to work as an actor in my country. Unfortunately, here the situation is really complicated because of the economic crisis that is hitting hard on the arts and recommendations (the last one is strictly an Italian problem, sad but […]
by veronica (dominican republic) QUESTION: Should I go to college and get a degree in something more stable to have it as a back-up plan and then go to a school for acting? ANSWER: That’s a tough question. It’s very hard to make a living as an actor, so having a degree in something more […]
by Bella (london) QUESTION: I want to become an actress so bad but somehow when I’m acting there’s always something wrong with my acting that I can’t figure out and I don’t know what the problem is sometimes. I think that I can’t act because of my constant hand gesturing. ANSWER: In a way, you’re […]
by Emma QUESTION: Just curious are there any famous hollywood actors who have never taken an acting class? Or do all of them take acting classes? For example, Kristen Stewart. I know she has been acting since she was a child but I guess she must take acting classes to improve? Do you think there […]