Observe when you’re in time and it’s peaceful.

You’ll be in thought then.

Seeing you thinking on screen is something we want. Try to learn when you’re in time and to identify different blocks of time.

Time can be like being on a train …

When you’re out and about stop and look at the passersby.

Play that age-old actor’s game of guessing who everyone is. What jobs each person does. Guess their age, if they’re married, nationality, income. Notice their bodies, how they walk, hold their head and …

On hearing truisms and maxims early on in your career you learn the phrase. 

Often, you go round repeating it at opportune moments without giving it a thought. The assumption is that you heard it, it was explained to …

It’s interesting to think what you actually have.

Not what you think you should have.

You may wish you looked like a certain movie star and feel inadequate because you don’t. And dream …

At the 1990 Crossroads Blues Festival the great B.B. King plays The Thrill is Gone and in a row sit Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Jimmy Vaughn, Sheryl Crow, ZZ Top, Albert Lee, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, all masters in their own right.

They’re playing with …

As a movie actor you are part of the art form of this time.

Now.

The movies, or all media that has moving images, are a product of the industrial revolution and now ...

What is discussion?

It’s what human beings do to both make things and develop thinking. 

There are two basic kinds of discussion. One: to make a plan to do something. Two: to move ...

Herbert Marshall was an actor who was wounded in World War 1 and had his right leg amputated.

According to IMDB, Marshall’s loss of his leg was “A fact not well known to many moviegoers because it was hardly noticeable on screen, as long as he ...

Having a three-stage approach allows you to be prepared to say No. Useful when faced with typical upsetting situations. 

Situations where you’re put on the spot, caught off guard or humiliated. Under today’s pressure people often …

It’s important to recognize success and to celebrate both your work and the work of your colleagues. 

Life is made up of many beginnings, middles and ends. At the end of a project you should take a moment to commemorate ...

Your life as an actor will have many twists and turns.

Once you have analyzed a question, discussed it and made a decision why explain it or apologize for it. Your decision is made, now just act on it.

The actor says, ‘I should have stayed in town for TV work instead of doing ...

Actors are loved by the people.

This doesn’t mean knowing movie stars. 

You are part of art and culture and, therefore, play a key role in the life of the society.

People have always ...

Showing up is everything.

If you’re trained, have an agent, do auditions, act in movies and plays - you’re going.

That’s the opposite of stopped.

It means you’re walking down the road and ...

Always be going to the thing.

A joke can be a useful lesson to you as an actor because it always goes to a punch line. That’s the thing. And when you start to tell a joke you …

You’re excited on landing a job, and upon arrival in your hotel room, you jump on the bed. 

And why shouldn’t you be excited when new work arrives?

But, you have a right to work and it should be par for the course. You aren’t ‘blessed’ to have ...

Actors, high steel workers and surgeons all need to clear their minds to do their work. 

When they begin work they go into made up time and space. They become the brain, the steel ...

Understanding requires participation.

Practice first and then your brain will catch up with the idea. The idea serves the practice.

When a scene goes well try not to remember what you did, just keep …

Riding a horse at full gallop you’re wont to cry out, ‘Yahoo! Whoopee!’.

As in: 'I landed a big role in a big movie. It’s amazing. I'm amazing.’.

That’s euphoria. Where you can believe, 'This is my life forever' and it can only lead one …

Arguing and discussing are two different things.

If you’re rehearsing a play, practicing in class, or blocking a scene, why are you arguing?

You have a right to give your view, as long as it moves the discussion forward, or develops …

The facts of your acting life make up The List.

When you feel down learn to refer to it.

What could be on the list? 

Well, you exercise, try to eat well, you have an agent, you audition, you act in plays, movies, TV series …