Acting Tips

Good news: the part is yours! The director loved your tape—full of those ideas you used to stand out from the pack and grab their attention. But now that the contract is signed and the...

Don’t judge people until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes (or about a kilometre and a half if you use the metric system.) Not only is this a good—albeit cliché—piece of wisdom for everyday life,...

If you want to become a great actor, do what all great artists do. Regardless of their craft—be it performance, writing, sculpting or boardwalk caricatures—they take time in their lives to soak up the creations...

Realistic acting. It’s the holy grail, isn’t it? After all the preparation—all of the anguish that goes to discovering a character, preparing a role, rehearsing and bringing it to life on stage or on screen—you...

They say writing is a lonely profession; indeed, the same may be said for acting. Since the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic, casting directors and directors around the world have had the grand realisation...

Want to learn everything there is about genre as an actor? Fill in the blank at the end of this excerpt: INT. BATHROOM – NIGHT SALLY steps into the pristine, white bathroom of her inner-city...

It’s that time of year again… All over the world, actors are beginning their prep for a drama school audition that may well change the course of their careers—hell, their entire lives. And while we...

In Peter Yates’ excellent 1983 film The Dresser—perhaps one of the best films about the theatre ever made—Albert Finney delivers an iconic, three word line that sums up everything you need to know about the...

You’ve probably heard the old saying that good acting is all about reacting. And it’s not untrue: you are at your best as a performer when you communicate with others in a scene. However, this...

Abandon all hope ye who enter here… That’s certainly how it can feel to label (or be labelled) a “bad actor”. There’s something so damning, so final about the term that makes it seem like...