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Colin Firth Interview
Interview: Colin Firth Talks The King’s Speech Nov 24, 2010 – By Mali Elfmann Credit: The Screen Crave Taking on a Speech Impediment: Have you ever known anyone with stuttered and did you relate any of your performance to any real life experiences? Colin Firth: I grew up with people who stammered. There seemed to [...]
Spotlight on Academy Award Nominee: Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo on the method behind her greatness Kaleem Aftab Last Updated: Feb 3, 2011 Melissa Leo won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild for her turn in The Fighter, and there’s a fair chance that the Manhattan-born star will have to make space on her mantlepiece [...]
Some Sage Advice & Casting Info
The inspiration for this piece occurred while I was attending Casting Director Jane Jenkins’ seminar being held here at, The Acting Studio at Edgemar, last month. Ms. Jenkins has been the casting director for such films as: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone, Frost/Nixon, Transformers, When Harry met Sally, The Princess Bride, Stand by Me… During [...]
Ben Kingsley
You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that’s what the storyteller is, and I think it’s important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it’s all about them, when in reality it’s [...]
Growth As an Actor
“Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous” Stella Adler To learn more about the Acting Studio at Edgemar please call (310)392-0815 www.edgemar.org
Marc Chagall
” I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more.” Marc Chagall
The Great Stanislavski
Never lose yourself on stage. Always act in your own person, as an artist. You can never get away from yourself. The moment you lose yourself on the stage marks the departure from truly living your part and the beginning of exaggerated false acting … Always and forever, when you are on the stage, you [...]
Brian Drillinger on Finding Your Intention
” To find your intention see what the other character is resisting” Brian Drillinger- Acting Coach Edgemar 310-392-0815 www.edgemar.org
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