ACTING TRAINING: COACHES AND TEACHERS
Source: www.judykerr.com
Topic: Acting Technique
Sort Desciption: Your technique and acting knowledge will make you more employable. • Choosing an acting coach is an important choice, but it is not a life or death one. Choose one, take a months classes, give it your ...
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ACTING TRAINING:
COACHES AND TEACHERS
• Remember your teachers and give them thanks in your Oscar
acceptance speech.
• Besides my husband and children, these are the teachers I want to
thank: Bill Kerr, Greg Quandt, Bob White, Rick Davis, Samantha
Harper, Joan Darling, Steven Nash; current acting coaches Caryn West,
Scott Sedita, Kimberly Jentzen; life coaches Dee Wallace, Wendy Haines
and literature tutor, Chuck Rossman.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher
demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William A. Ward
Great teachers have always been measured by the number of their students
who have surpassed them. - Don Robinson
• It takes many teachers in life to develop an actor. Following are
teachers, tools, suggestions and recommendations that have helped me
and others to develop our lives and careers. There are countless paths,
and part of an actors job is to keep exploring new ones.
• You should always be studying. Your training will be a constant expenditure
so dont skimp in this area. Your technique and acting knowledge
will make you more employable.
• Choosing an acting coach is an important choice, but it is not a life or
death one. Choose one, take a months classes, give it your all and then
evaluate what you have learned. If youve improved and others in class
have grown and improved, then stick with it.
Acting Is Everything
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• Jeffrey Marcus, an inspiring acting coach, answers, "Why train?"
An athlete, musician or doctor would never ask such a question. If acting
were such an easy career, why wouldnt everyone want to do it?
Acting is a discipline that demands such skill , and yet, can be done
without any. Of course, we can all act passionately and emotionally all by
ourselves. But when the stakes are high and tension and self-consciousness
creep in, ...
