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Constantine Stanislavsky is roundly accepted as the father of modern acting theory. If you have ever studied acting, you have been exposed to at least some of Stanislavsky's ideas (whether you are aware of it or not). Stanislavsky basically created the language we use today when we talk about acting on both the stage and on camera. Terms like: objective, character motivation, actions, and through line, all are terms coined and explored by Stanislavsky.

“What is my character’s motivation?” While this question is perhaps a caricature of the earnest actor’s quest for realistic performance, it is also a serious psychological investigation. ALL contemporary actors, whether on stage, film, or television, go to at least some lengths in exploring or making psychological choices about the characters they play. But what psychology do th...

Most acting classes follow a formula similar to this (with some variation, of course): warm-up exercises, sometimes imaginative play or improvisation, a discussion by the teacher of one or another of various principals the teacher would like to focus on for that class, and then an application of the work such as a monologue or scenes performed by the students to which the teacher will make comments and adjustments. This is a tried-and-true method...

Acting class is important. Actors need to study their craft if they want to get better. Most actors take some kind of class throughout their careers. Even seasoned professionals will often drop in on an acting class to keep themselves sharp and ready to perform.

However, there are also times when an actor can’t get to an acting class, schedules may be tight, or money may be low. But, there’s no reason that, as an actor, you can’t still be honing your craft and mak...

Professional film & TV acting (and even stage acting to a lesser degree) has been both revolutionized and degraded by the proliferation of mobile digital technology. It seems like, in a flash, the industry has moved to a trend of self-taping at least initial auditions and sometimes even hiring important roles solely on the merits of an actor-produced audition clip. A few years ago, this would have been unthinkable. But now...

Awhile back, I wrote a short e-book called The Audition Basics Toolkit to try and help actors learn how to audition for both stage and film productions by amassing all the basics of audition training in one place (you can download it for FREE here). So, that document basically contains a list of all of the best information available for learning how to audition, including classic books, websites and other digital resources, classes and coac...

I have worked on-camera with Robert De Niro, Billy Bob Thornton, George Clooney, Pierce Brosnan, Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy, Jeff Daniels (twice), Jason Patric, Jean Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Carol O’Connor, Christopher Reeve, Dolph Lundgren, David Hasselhoff, Susan Lucci, Wishbone (the dog), and others.

As an actor, I am considered a specialist. I am a character actor, which means that in one way or another I have passed be...

Advanced Consciousness Training for Actors (“A.C.T. for Actors”) is the first book-length exploration of consciousness training techniques developed through the scientific study of states of consciousness and advanced human development, directly applicable to the training of stage and film actors.

Much of what is found in this title has roots beginning in the late 1960s with the work of world famous psychologist and author, Abraham Maslow (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs) and others orig...

Anne Bogart is an American treasure. She is an award-winning theatre director, educator (Columbia University), and author of five books on theatre and performance theory, including the immensely popular and influential: The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition (2004) which she co-wrote with Tina Landau. She is also the Co-artistic Director of SITI Company of New York, an innovative theatre company and actor training organization she founded with with Japan...

Kevin Page on set with Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander

In my professional life, I have worn a number of hats.  I am what you call a serial creative. I have mostly been engaged in traditional “artistic” fields (like and painting), but have also spent time in areas considered more “traditional” (like stockbroking and investment banking).

Regardless of the field, I’ve always managed to leave my own mark on whatever I was doing, an indication of serial creativity in ac...