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Acting Quotes - Actor Stories: Molly Shannon’s 10-Year-Struggle to Beat the Odds in Hollywood
- The Push Strategy vs. The Pull Strategy
- “Tenacity is almost more important than talent” (Mark Hamill)
- “Don’t be a one-trick pony” (Christian Bale)
- “Listen and React” (Michael Caine)
- “Education is so essential” (Jake Gyllenhaal)
- “Do you want to be an actor or do you want to be a star or a celebrity?” (Don Cheadle)
- “To be an interesting actor, you must be authentic” (Sanford Meisner)
- “You can’t rely on anyone to hand you anything in this business. Ever! So, just be creative.” (Joe Manganiello)
- “No amount of failure…can dissuade a determined actor.” (Susan Saint James)
- “The actor must constantly respond to stimuli that are imaginary.” (Lee Strasberg)
- “If you want to be an actor…that has nothing to do with Hollywood.” (William H. Macy)
- “This is a business of rejection.” (Bill Duke)
- ‘Make bold character choices’ (Dacre Montgomery)
- “If you get good enough, all that other stuff will take care of itself.” (Ed Harris)
- “Don’t become an actor, unless you HAVE to.” (Mandy Patinkin)
- “Never let yourself be defined by how you look.” (Emma Thompson)
- “You have to keep at it!” (Kate Winslet)
- “It’s not about losing yourself in the role. It’s about finding yourself in the role.” (Uta Hagen)
- “That’s what it takes when you’re a struggling actor…You will be poor” (Jenna Fischer)
- “I jumped over fears, went through emotional glass doors” (Kim Basinger)
- “Just keep going…” (Morgan Freeman)
- “Acting is not pretending. Acting is becoming” (Bill Duke)
- “You can write your own things and act in your own stuff” (Emma Stone)
- “Auditioning sucks hippo d**k.” (William H. Macy)
- “Just work on being a better actor” (Jeff Daniels)
- “Just don’t give up, okay” (Molly Shannon)
- “Do not run for the sake of running” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- “There’s a wide river of actors and actresses. But there’s only a tiny pond of real talent.” (Charles S. Dutton)
- “A film actor must be able to dream another person’s dreams” (Michael Caine)
- “You might sometimes act badly” (Mikhail Shchepkin)
- “Real people struggle NOT to show their feelings” (Michael Caine)
- “When I act…I get a better sense of who I am” (Giancarlo Esposito)
- “Acting is NOT showing” (Martin Landau)
- “You have to detach yourself from the result.” (Constance Wu)
- Quote of the day: Matthew McConaughey – “I love entrances and exits”
- “Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- “If I waited for Hollywood, I would still be playing mama roles” (Viola Davis)
- Happy New Year, Actors!
- “The 90% he isn’t willing to share is what I do for a living” (Martin Landau)
- Quote of the Day: Dennis Haysbert
- “When you play an evil man, look to see where he is good.” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- “Every single character an actor takes on, they need to treat that person as if they were real” (Andrew Garfield)
- “If that is acting, I don’t want to do it.” (Stella Adler)
- Quote of the day: “The problem is not that acting is hard….” (David Carradine)
- Quote of the day: “We must overcome the notion that we must be regular” (Uta Hagen)
- Quote of the day: “You can’t be boring…” (Stella Adler)
- “This industry eats women up in their 20’s and spits them out in their 30’s…”
- Quote of the day: Sanford Meisner
- “If you want to play strong, don’t blink. If you want to play weak, blink.”
- Quote of the day: “Acting is reacting” (Stella Adler)
- “There are no small parts, only small actors” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- “Acting Is Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances.”
- ‘Don’t audition to get the job.’ (Bryan Cranston)
- Uta Hagen: “It’s not about losing yourself in the role”
- Marlon Brando – “To grasp the full acceptance”.
- “Be in the moment.” (Robert DeNiro)
- Acting Quote: Meryl Streep
- Viola Davis Acting Quotes
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- Actor Stories: Molly Shannon’s 10-Year-Struggle to Beat the Odds in Hollywood
- Keep Your Actor Body!
- Quarantine and Build
- Don’t Do These 7 Things When Choosing a Monologue
- The Push Strategy vs. The Pull Strategy
- 7 Basic Facts about Stella Adler
- “Tenacity is almost more important than talent” (Mark Hamill)
- Don’t Panic! It’s Just a Redirect.
- Actor Stories: How Rashida Jones Almost Gave Up on Acting
- “Don’t be a one-trick pony” (Christian Bale)
- 5 Great New Year’s Resolutions for Actors
- 10 Reasons You Didn’t Book the Role You Should Have Booked
- “Listen and React” (Michael Caine)
- What is the “Repetition Exercise”?
- “Education is so essential” (Jake Gyllenhaal)
- 5 Basic Facts about Sanford Meisner
- That Time I Crashed an Audition, and Lived to Tell About It!
- “Do you want to be an actor or do you want to be a star or a celebrity?” (Don Cheadle)
- Before You Blame Your Agent….
- “To be an interesting actor, you must be authentic” (Sanford Meisner)
- 3 Important Questions to Answer Before Your Next Headshot Photoshoot
- The Callback Checklist
- Why Building Relationships with Casting Directors is So Important
- “You can’t rely on anyone to hand you anything in this business. Ever! So, just be creative.” (Joe Manganiello)
- What is the “Private Moment Exercise”?
- Funny Feel-Facts, Part II
- 3 Reasons Why It Sucks to Do Student Films
- “No amount of failure…can dissuade a determined actor.” (Susan Saint James)
- Set Aside One Day Each Week for Your Acting Business
- How to Turn Your Audition Trash into Audition Treasure
- What is “Type”?
- “The actor must constantly respond to stimuli that are imaginary.” (Lee Strasberg)
- Don’t Audition Solely for the Purpose of Booking the Role
- 5 Good Reasons to Do Student Films
- “If you want to be an actor…that has nothing to do with Hollywood.” (William H. Macy)
- What is a “Student Film”?
- “This is a business of rejection.” (Bill Duke)
- 3 Reasons Your Audition Ended Quickly
- 5 Basic Facts about Lee Strasberg
- ‘Make bold character choices’ (Dacre Montgomery)
- 5 Funny Feel-Facts About Acting
- 3 Minor Violations to Avoid on Your Acting Résumé
- “If you get good enough, all that other stuff will take care of itself.” (Ed Harris)
- What are “Profiles”?
- You’re Not Really Acting When You’re Over-Acting
- “Don’t become an actor, unless you HAVE to.” (Mandy Patinkin)
- Today’s Rundown
- What is a “Sense Memory”?
- Booking Commercials: Talent, Looks or Luck?
- What are “Notes, Adjustments and Redirects”?
- Never Apologize When You Make a Mistake During an Audition
- Never Do This on Your Acting Résumé!
- 5 General Rules for Demo Reels
- Before You Approach an Agent, Get Your S@#t Together!
- 3 Helpful Suggestions When Slating
- 5 Reasons Why Background Acting is a $h*tty Job
- Look to Acting to Be Your Creative Savior, Not Your Financial Savior
- 5 Riddles Every Actor Must Solve
- What is “Slating”?
- 5 Basic Facts About Method Acting
- What are “Inner Motives”?
- What are “Animal Exercises”?
- Actor Stories: How John Krasinski Almost Gave Up on Acting
- Make Sure Your Name is Added to the “Nice” List
- Reinvest 50% of Your Cash Back into Your Acting Business
- “You have to keep at it!” (Kate Winslet)
- 5 Benefits of Being a Background Actor
- Actor Stories: How Silvester Stallone Made Himself into a Star
- “You do have to keep working at it. You do have to keep practicing things.” (Kate Winslet)
- Will Hollywood ‘Ban’ Georgia?
- “It’s not about losing yourself in the role. It’s about finding yourself in the role.” (Uta Hagen)
- 3 Hidden Advantages of Self-taping
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Never Audition Just to Book the Job
- 5 Great Ways to Master Your Cold Read Audition
- Actor Stories: Issa Rae Creates a Role…and Casts Herself!
- 5 Things You Should Never Do After an Audition
- “That’s what it takes when you’re a struggling actor…You will be poor” (Jenna Fischer)
- Narrow Your Focus
- Don’t Sabotage Yourself
- “I jumped over fears, went through emotional glass doors” (Kim Basinger)
- Director John Singleton has died
- “Just keep going…” (Morgan Freeman)
- What are “Actions”?
- All Acting and No Play Makes You a Dull Actor
- Acting: When is it Time to Quit?
- “Acting is not pretending. Acting is becoming” (Bill Duke)
- Don’t Just Tell a Talent Agent About Your Dreams. Show Them Your Work!
- How to Audition When You Know the Role Has Already Been Cast
- What is a “Cold Read”?
- “You can write your own things and act in your own stuff” (Emma Stone)
- The Callback is Not the Time for Experimenting
- “Auditioning sucks hippo d**k.” (William H. Macy)
- Why Acting Must Be a Need, Not a Want
- What is a “Background Actor”?
- “Just work on being a better actor” (Jeff Daniels)
- What is an “Obstacle”?
- Actor Stories: How Luke Perry Almost Gave Up on Acting
- Invite Talent Agents and Casting Directors to Pursue You
- “Just don’t give up, okay” (Molly Shannon)
- Check Your Ego at the Door, But Bring Your Confidence into the Audition Room
- Actor Stories: Jenna Fischer Recalls Her First Day in LA, as an Aspiring Actor
- Why Natural Actors Still Need Training
- What is “Being in the Moment”?
- “Do not run for the sake of running” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- “There’s a wide river of actors and actresses. But there’s only a tiny pond of real talent.” (Charles S. Dutton)
- What is the “Super-Objective”?
- When you speak words you don’t truly understand, you are not truly acting.
- What is the “Unbroken Line”?
- “A film actor must be able to dream another person’s dreams” (Michael Caine)
- Actor Luke Perry has reportedly died
- What is “Continuity”?
- Don’t Be Afraid to Politely Ask for an Audition Do-Over
- Actor Stories: Tyler Perry
- What is a “Backstory”?
- 3 Good Reasons to see BlacKkKlansman
- “You might sometimes act badly” (Mikhail Shchepkin)
- “Real people struggle NOT to show their feelings” (Michael Caine)
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Not Pursue Local Hire Roles
- Trivia Answer
- Atlanta is Becoming the Hollywood of the South
- Fall in Love with Acting, All Over Again!
- Top 10 List of Actors Who Found Success Later in Life
- Breaking Bad
- “When I act…I get a better sense of who I am” (Giancarlo Esposito)
- What is the “Magic If”?
- “Acting is NOT showing” (Martin Landau)
- Actor Kristoff St. John found dead
- 5 NFL Football Players Who Became Successful Actors
- 3 Great New Year’s Resolutions for Actors
- 7 Basic Facts about Konstantin Stanislavski
- What is the “Substitution Technique”?
- “I’m Geoffrey Owens and I am an actor!”
- “You have to detach yourself from the result.” (Constance Wu)
- What are the “Given Circumstances”?
- Quote of the day: Matthew McConaughey – “I love entrances and exits”
- 3 Brilliant Portrayals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Trivia Answer
- “Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- Actor Stories: How Tiffany Haddish Homelessness to Hollywood Success
- “If I waited for Hollywood, I would still be playing mama roles” (Viola Davis)
- 4 Great Reasons to Audition with Your Sides In Your Hands
- 4 Quick Facts about Actors and Blackface
- What is “Affective Memory”?
- Trivia Answer
- On this day: Casablanca premieres
- “The 90% he isn’t willing to share is what I do for a living” (Martin Landau)
- Trivia Answer
- Actor Stories: Ann Dowd Perseveres, Getting Her Big Break at Age 56!
- Beware Career Advice from Family During the Holidays
- Trivia Answer
- First Interracial Kiss on Television
- Headshots are like bread. They can get “stale” over time.
- Quote of the Day: Dennis Haysbert
- Screenwriting Star William Goldman dies at 87
- Model and actress Kim Porter was found dead Thursday at her L.A. area home. She was 47.
- Trivia Answer
- What is an “Objective”?
- “When you play an evil man, look to see where he is good.” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- 5 Actor-Turned-Politicians
- “Every single character an actor takes on, they need to treat that person as if they were real” (Andrew Garfield)
- Don’t Focus On How You Say Your Lines. Focus On Why You Say Your Lines
- Trivia Answer
- Trivia Answer
- “If that is acting, I don’t want to do it.” (Stella Adler)
- What is a “Booking Ratio”?
- Quote of the day: “The problem is not that acting is hard….” (David Carradine)
- Rock Hudson Dies from AIDS-related complications
- David Carradine Quotes on Acting
- Actor Stories: Charles S. Dutton
- Stella Adler Quotes
- 7 Basic Facts about Actor Labor Unions
- Editorial: Geoffrey Owens and an actor’s right to privacy and survival
- What is a “Breakdown”?
- Quote of the day: “We must overcome the notion that we must be regular” (Uta Hagen)
- Make Sure That You Are the Star of Your Headshot
- Neil Simon passed away at 91
- Editorial: Crazy Rich Asians Should Set A New Trend
- What is a “Casting Director”
- Never tell casting directors your main area of interest is “acting”
- Charlotte Rae dies at 92
- On August 7, 1992, Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven premieres in the US
- What are “Sides”?
- Quote of the day: “You can’t be boring…” (Stella Adler)
- On this day, in 1962, Marilyn Monroe, died of an overdose of barbiturates
- SAG-AFTRA is holding as much as $48 million for 96,000 members it cannot find
- “This industry eats women up in their 20’s and spits them out in their 30’s…”
- Top Secret: Wear your audition outfit to the callback!
- On July 30, 1999, The Blair Witch Project was released to the masses
- What is a “Callback”?
- Quote of the day: Sanford Meisner
- Bob Hope Passes Away
- “If you want to play strong, don’t blink. If you want to play weak, blink.”
- What is an “Audition”?
- Don’t join SAG-AFTRA (too fast)!
- Beef-up Your Acting Résumé with Training, Not Lies!
- Quote of the day: “Acting is reacting” (Stella Adler)
- “There are no small parts, only small actors” (Konstantin Stanislavski)
- “Acting Is Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances.”
- What is “Financial Core (Fi-Core)”?
- Union vs. Non-Union
- Embrace Your Age
- Find Your Paragon Actor
- Acting Definition: Audition Notes.
- Special Skills Means Special Skills
- ‘Don’t audition to get the job.’ (Bryan Cranston)
- Uta Hagen: “It’s not about losing yourself in the role”
- Acting Tip: Wanna get more “looks”?
- Marlon Brando – “To grasp the full acceptance”.
- Acting Definition: Headshot Reproduction
- What is a “Mark”?
- “Be in the moment.” (Robert DeNiro)
- What is a “Clip”?
- Acting Tip: Audition with sides in-hand
- Acting Fact: Roles for Women in Hollywood Compared to Men
- Acting Tip – Headshot Must Look Like You!
- Acting Fact: Only About 20% of Union Actors Earn More Than $10,000 Annually
- Viola Davis Acting Quotes
- What is a Composite Card?
- Your Voice-Over Demo Tape
- Getting Paid for the Gig
- Setting Up Your Equipment
- At-Home Voice-Over Biz
- Importance of a Brilliant Backstory
- Woodshed Your Copy
- Warm-Up Exercises
- Uncovering the ABC’s of Voice-Over
- Studio Lingo
- Remembering Your Lines
- Visualization
- Choosing A Monologue
- Thespian Commandments II
- Thespian Commandments I
- What Is Actor’s Equity Association?
- Understanding the Objectives
- Plus-Size Modeling
- The Modeling Handbag
- Modeling Definitions
- Glamour Modeling
- Guidelines for Acting Resumes
- Resume Q & A
- Send 5 Headshots Each Day!
- Headshots 101
- Types Of Headshots For Actors
- How Much Should I Pay For Headshots?
- Advanced Marketing Techniques for Actors
- Representative Headshot
- What Is A Headshot?
- Script Breakdown
- Film Jobs
- Film-Making Definitions
- What Is A Director?
- What Is Screen Actor’s Guild?
- What Is A Producer?
- Television Acting Definitions
- Acting Camps
- Industry Professionals
- How to Get An Agent
- Do You Need An Agent?
- Meeting with an Agent
- Referrals
- What Is An Talent Agent?
- What Is An Extra?
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