“Actors are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year than most people do in a lifetime. Every day, actors face the financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people who think they should get real jobs, and their own fear that they'll never work again. Every day, they have to ignore the possibility that the vision they have dedicated their lives to is a pipe dream. With every role, they stretch themselves, emotionally and physically, risking criticism and judgment.With every passing year, many of them watch as the other people their age achieve the predictable milestones of normal life - the car, the family, the house, the nest egg. Why? Because actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment - to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul. Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart. In that instant, they were as close to magic, God, and perfection as anyone could ever be. And in their own hearts, they know that to dedicate oneself to that moment is worth a thousand lifetimes.”- David Ackert LA Times
Friday, December 21, 2012
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SAG-AFTRA ACTOR
Do you find yourself to grow as an actor everyday, of course you do and personally speaking i find myself everyday researching, continuously studying, stopping at mirrors and just breakdown re-creating new character pe...rformances for auditions and film roles that have past and say damn now that was wayyy better should have used that, hey next time thats all we do our best at the time we have to see fit one should never dwell on your short comings we live, breathe, learn, grow and most of all have fun with it, not the end of the world so don't give in keep at it and entertain the world the audience needs us likewise. Although i have had smug remarks gestured at me for doing so, actually people use mirrors everyday and to improve on oneselves image and the stem off of their own personal performances for well since they could reflect off a body of water without ever conciously concieving the notion of acting perhaps mundane even to them, now for actors we have a pre-disposition as where we recognize and except whom we are and fortunately a mirror happens to be a valuable tool for cause of effect to act and react.~ Christopher Alan
Actors do not utilize mirrors enough, there are many instances in my classes at CnC-Studios, where I sent someone to mirror because they were not seeing an involuntary body motion or similar. I hear about so many on-camera classes that are nothing more than "a filmed monologue" that spends ZERO time on actual camera technique. The bad side of using a mirror is the potential of being "too aware", but in most cases it is a plus. ~ Jagger Kaye
Do you find yourself to grow as an actor everyday, of course you do and personally speaking i find myself everyday researching, continuously studying, stopping at mirrors and just breakdown re-creating new character pe...rformances for auditions and film roles that have past and say damn now that was wayyy better should have used that, hey next time thats all we do our best at the time we have to see fit one should never dwell on your short comings we live, breathe, learn, grow and most of all have fun with it, not the end of the world so don't give in keep at it and entertain the world the audience needs us likewise. Although i have had smug remarks gestured at me for doing so, actually people use mirrors everyday and to improve on oneselves image and the stem off of their own personal performances for well since they could reflect off a body of water without ever conciously concieving the notion of acting perhaps mundane even to them, now for actors we have a pre-disposition as where we recognize and except whom we are and fortunately a mirror happens to be a valuable tool for cause of effect to act and react.~ Christopher Alan
Actors do not utilize mirrors enough, there are many instances in my classes at CnC-Studios, where I sent someone to mirror because they were not seeing an involuntary body motion or similar. I hear about so many on-camera classes that are nothing more than "a filmed monologue" that spends ZERO time on actual camera technique. The bad side of using a mirror is the potential of being "too aware", but in most cases it is a plus. ~ Jagger Kaye
Thursday, December 20, 2012
“Actors are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year than most people do in a lifetime. Every day, actors face the financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people who think they should get real jobs, and their own fear that they'll never work again. Every day, they have to ignore the possibility that the vision they have dedicated their lives to is a pipe dream. With every role, they stretch themselves, emotionally and physically, risking criticism and judgment.With every passing year, many of them watch as the other people their age achieve the predictable milestones of normal life - the car, the family, the house, the nest egg. Why? Because actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment - to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul. Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart. In that instant, they were as close to magic, God, and perfection as anyone could ever be. And in their own hearts, they know that to dedicate oneself to that moment is worth a thousand lifetimes.” -David Ackert, LA Times
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
What Happens When You Love Yourself
Loving yourself is not a destination to be reached, but a journey. You can choose to love yourself in this moment; and your life, in this moment, will be magnificent. You can choose to doubt yourself, blame yourself, criticize yourself and in this moment, life will seem very hard and unfair.
When you choose to love yourself, something amazing happens…
You are no longer afraid to lose people or things.
If you truly love yourself, a relationship will not be stressful. You will give of yourself, everything you have, because you know of no other way when you love yourself, and if the other person doesn’t take it, then you can move on and keep giving who you are, until one person will take the gift. You will not be lonely or afraid of rejection, because you will spend time with yourself and you will enjoy it just as much as spending time with someone else.The fear of not being enough disappears.
There is no need to be liked by someone else, or fill a gap in someone else’s life. Those things are impossible to try to achieve anyway, but once you love yourself, you stop trying to be those things. You are simply who you are and you enjoy being that. When there is joy and spirit in your being, others will sense it and not be able to get enough of it.With no fear of rejection, or of not being good enough for a job, a relationship, or for achieving your dream, life will open tremendous gifts for you. When the fear and the doubts are gone, when you choose to love yourself and accept yourself, then the Universe will match you to situations and people that are just right for you. There is no need to impress, to change, to appear to be something other than what you are.
You are light, free, floating in the world and loving life and yourself in it.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Hello world this is my first Post for this Blog Site it has been quite a week and living at least 2 lives my weeks generally are consumed by 80 hrs. so i ask of you all to bear with me as i am sure we will get into interesting topics as this feed moves forward along.,
A new Blog Site i created with all this time off due to Sandy !
Check it out when you have the time, it is straight forward talk and the dialogue may consist at times of provocative material within the relation to the topic and or post. Commentary feedback is always welcome if you do not see your comment at first it is because i screen them first for approval prior to publishing, hope to see you around.
So what a rough week for everyone, i hope all is going well and if not let us be patient and apply the assistance where it is most needed, we shall rise above again, in other News i have to say with the free time i did manage to rehearse the lines for 4 Characters i will be performing for this weekend, my Scenes for 2 Films and 2 Roles for an Audition, going to be a busy one !
I took on a new mentorship with some new talent James Vincent, you guys are going to love this kid hes got that it factor thing going on, also i created a new Website linked all the widgets together updated like everything lol. Oh and managed to clean my Flat top to bottom, we all know it never ends and like i said "Another Day in the Life of an Actor".
A new Blog Site i created with all this time off due to Sandy !
Check it out when you have the time, it is straight forward talk and the dialogue may consist at times of provocative material within the relation to the topic and or post. Commentary feedback is always welcome if you do not see your comment at first it is because i screen them first for approval prior to publishing, hope to see you around.
Oh Sandy like a Whore you come into our lives blow us, take almost everything we own and leave with a helacious attitude the same way you came in !
So what a rough week for everyone, i hope all is going well and if not let us be patient and apply the assistance where it is most needed, we shall rise above again, in other News i have to say with the free time i did manage to rehearse the lines for 4 Characters i will be performing for this weekend, my Scenes for 2 Films and 2 Roles for an Audition, going to be a busy one !
I took on a new mentorship with some new talent James Vincent, you guys are going to love this kid hes got that it factor thing going on, also i created a new Website linked all the widgets together updated like everything lol. Oh and managed to clean my Flat top to bottom, we all know it never ends and like i said "Another Day in the Life of an Actor".
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