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Acting Class Take a Seat excerpt All You Can Be

by sdashenberg on Mar 28, 2011

Don’t minimize your acting because of your life. Please try not to justify that you can’t do something in your acting because of what you can’t do in your life. Don’t use your psychology as an excuse for not being able to execute something in your art. Instead, use acting to do that which you can’t do in your mundane life. So, in a sense, to hell with psychology. Go for the art. Get interested in art, and who knows – maybe the psychology will improve. In your art you can bound over and beyond anything that you believe is limiting you.

Art is not just about you, but about the possibilities of you. It’s an odd part of my teaching, but sometimes when a student in a critique offers up some personal fear or insecurity as a reason the role was difficult, here’s my answer: “No one cares. Not a single person. No one in this room. No one in any other room.” It sounds a bit harsh, but, unfortunately, it’s true. No one cares about how your problems limit your...Read More >>



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