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There are so many (upsides) to improvisation. For one, it helps you get specific, own what you’re talking about, and find choices that you love. It also forces you to listen because you’re constantly having to check-in with your scene partner to see if you’re getting through to them and solving your problem. It also, as witnessed in this episode’s exercise with JP and Amanda, is a great way to understand your character’s point of view. 

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Milton begins this week’s episode sharing memories about working with Swedish cinematographer, Sven Nykvist and Helen Mirren, and why “taking the time to build slowly and let it layer in” is such a wonderful way to work. And yet, there is no one way of working. This is why taking acting advice from other actors can be so misleading. What works for one does not work for all.  What works for actors in one culture does not work for actors in another culture. At the end of the day, we have to find what works for us.

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Your individual experience will inform your “way in” to approaching a role and of course, your interpretation of a character will be uniquely yours. But that doesn’t mean the character is you, and that you don’t have to move outside of yourself to create this other human being. A great way to begin imagining this “other” is to read. Reading feeds the imagination. It force us outside of ourselves, enabling us to immerse ourselves in pages and pages of another perspective. And we can begin visualizing behavior, physicality and mindset. Have a question for Milton? Send us a voice note below or email us at: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Also, check out our website: ⁠www.idontneedanactingclass.com⁠ 

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One of the biggest contributions that Stanislavsky (and later Stella Adler) made was the clear logic they brought to the study of acting. This episode includes several ideas in acting technique that simply make sense: make a choice, move slowly, do research that feeds you, "keep moving. It may be forward."

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In this episode, Milton talks about the myths actors tell themselves about why they’re not getting hired. The bottom line is this: if you’re good, eventually you’ll start getting hired. In a culture obsessed with tricks, quick fixes, fast-tracks and branding, our abilities as actors has fallen by the wayside. Sure, it’s nice to have credits but the reason to say “yes” to everything is because of what you learn from each job. Have a question for Milton? Send us a voice note below or email us at: [email protected] Also, check out our website: www.idontneedanactingclass.com 

There’s a difference between the preparation work we do when creating a role, and what we’re actually *doing* in the scene. For instance, in your preparation, you may have had to build a past so that each moment is emotionally filled, but that may not be what the scene is about. And so you don’t want to “play” the past, but instead, play what’s going on with you in the scene. This lesson is illustrated as Kaleb and Milton work together on a monologue from the Tennessee Williams play, Vieux Carré. Have a question for Milton? Send us a voice note below or email us at: [email protected] Also, check out our website: www.idontneedanactingclass.com

Welcome back everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying their fall so far. We’re beginning Season 6 with an overview of some of our actor-tools: exploring the nature of character, connecting to something honestly and interestingly, they importance of improvisation, visualization, and how music can influence your work. 

For anyone interested in Milton’s upcoming six-week Technique & Script Analysis Workshop beginning October 7th, there are still a few spots available. For more information or to register, email Walker at: [email protected]

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Milton’s 6-week Technique & Script Analysis Workshop will begin October 7th. Classes are Saturdays, from 2PM to 5PM EST and will be held over Zoom for six consecutive weeks. The fee for the 6-week session is $300. This is a great opportunity to get your foot in the door to one of Milton's classes, as he rarely opens up a class to new students. It's also insanely discounted, much to my (Walker's) dismay! 🤪 Anyway, if you're interested you can register or get more info by emailing me, Walker, at: [email protected] Hope to see you soon!

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