Acting is an art, in which an actor’s body is its instrument. Like any instrument, the body must be optimally tuned to give an effective performance. This is what my coach told me on my first day of acting class. There are many factors that tune the body but most Read more…
Daniel Day-Lewis is a phenomenal actor. Now retired! But his performances will live for ever. There are hundreds of myths about his style of acting. I myself like to call it Daniel Day-Lewis Acting Style. Whatever is known about his acting is through his co-actors, directors, and others who worked Read more…
Stella Adler technique evolved from the initial method acting technique advocated by Stanislavsky. Every actor knows Stanislavsky is the father of the modern acting technique. And Stella was fortunate enough to study acting directly from the Stanislavsky. As she matured, she developed her method of acting. Before we get into Read more…
For actors, being able to cry on cue is the ultimate goal. But the question is how to cry on cue? The answer to this question depends on how to truthfully you want to act? If you are happy with just water work then answer is menthol stick or glycerine. Read more…
As an actor, it’s important to exercise every day. It is just like another job where you have to keep improving your skills. And a great way to improve skills is by practising every day as much as possible. Most of the actors today they all do is just focus Read more…
How to develop a character in acting? This question is the most essential question for any actor who wishes to make a descent career of acting. But before that, you must understand acting is not an easy job…. It’s not all cramming bunch of lines and spitting out in front Read more…
If take a moment and just look around there is improvisation everywhere. We as human beings improvise every moment depending on the given circumstances and time. What is improvisation in drama? It is same but in drama, there are imaginary circumstances and characters, which churns out moments that where not Read more…
If you have come to this page, means you are either new to acting or curious about acting. The term method acting comes up only when you are looking to get better at acting. This is also the reason why method acting was developed. And when you see the question Read more…
Most of the actors only think acting is all about expression. They are right to some extent but human body expresses itself not just through face but through eyes, body language and voice. As actors we work on character development exercises and much more but not on voice.Voice is most Read more…
Recently I watched a movie called ‘The outsider (2018)’ in which Jared Leto plays a gangster. I was blown away the way he portrayed the character. When I finished watching it I thought, what is so different about this guy. Every character he plays, he looks the character and not Read more…