How to Avoid Over-Acting
“To be!? Or not! To be!?” I shouted at the top of my lungs—using all of my projection skills, hands waving in the air like I was trying to hail a taxi. “Whether ’tis nobler...
“To be!? Or not! To be!?” I shouted at the top of my lungs—using all of my projection skills, hands waving in the air like I was trying to hail a taxi. “Whether ’tis nobler...
I’ll come clean straight away: I’m a nerd. A big one. So much so that I often introduce myself to people as a nerd first, actor second. By now, you’ve probably heard about this niche...
Choosing scenes for your showreel is a nerve-wracking task. There’s all the pressure of putting yourself out there in the industry, showcasing your ability and your type and the roles you’re shooting for, and all...
Having just come out of the drama school audition process successfully, I know how nerve-wracking it is. That said, I now know how to handle it. It’s not just an audition—which would be hard enough...
Being an actor can be disheartening: it’s practically part of the job. If you’ve spent some time out there cutting your teeth like the rest of us, you’ve probably had a handful of wins and...
The intimacy coordinator has fast become one of film and tv’s most vital on-set roles. Initially a response to the post-Weinstein, #metoo era, intimacy coordinators entered common industry usage in 2018 following HBO’s hardline adoption...
Acting can be one of the most rewarding, fulfilling and satisfying careers on a professional and personal level. Not only do you get to play make pretend (let’s be real, that’s acting right?) but you...
American author William Faulkner is generally thought to have coined the phrase “kill your darlings”: a now-popular piece of wisdom handed to writers about cutting the parts of their work they might love but don’t...
The first question every actor gets asked by well-meaning family members following a performance is: “How did you learn all of those lines?!” It’s not their fault, it’s the rules. The question comes from a...
Can you remember the first time you laughed during a Shakespeare play? Like, absolutely cackled at something—so much you forgot the writer had been dead for 400 years? It’s a special moment: one where you discover...